This Avocado Kale and Kelp Salad is incredibly delicious and highly alkaline. Kale and avocado are 2 of the most alkaline foods you can eat. Kelp noodles are full of minerals like magnesium, calcium, zinc, and iron.
I am having great fun and great food working on the recipes for the Nourishing Foods Cleanse – Spring Renewal April 15-19. This recipe is one I came up with the other day and I totally love it.
My intention is to make recipes that are easy and delicious. One of the biggest problems I hear from my clients is they don’t have time to make healthy food. So I created this one is which is super easy, you can make it in 5 minutes. If you put together a repertoire of healthy dishes you can make in under 15 minutes you are more likely to eat a healthy meal.
The kelp noodles are full of minerals which buffer the acids in your system. I am always focused on eating alkaline food to keep my body’s pH neutral or slightly alkaline. Your body regularly deals with naturally occurring acids that are by-products of respiration, metabolism, cellular breakdown, and exercise.
Kale is a superfood also full of vitamins, minerals which are alkalinizing. It is one of the top 5 of Whole Foods ANDI score. Avocados are full of good fat with tons of nutritional benefits. They are an excellent source of glutathione, a powerful antioxidant. Glutathione helps maintain a healthy immune system and slows the aging process. You can find out more about kelp noodles in the article on my blog.
2 servings
1/2 large avocado
6 oz kelp noodles (2 cups or half the package)
3 cups kale, stems removed and very thinly sliced (lacinato is best but curly is fine, be sure you slice it really thin)
¼ cup sauerkraut
1 carrot julienned or shredded
Juice of half a lemon
Sea salt and black pepper to taste
- Mix the kelp noodles, carrots, sauerkraut, and kale together with the lemon.
- Add the avocado and smash it with a fork, then use your hands to “massage” it all together.
- Taste for salt. Sprinkle with fresh pepper.
- Enjoy.
A few notes…
- If you can’t find the kelp noodles make the dish with 2 cups of cabbage very thinly slice. It will be delicious and nutritious too.
- If you don’t have any raw sauerkraut you can leave it out. I like to make recipes with raw sauerkraut to get the live probiotics into my system to build good intestinal flora. The recipe is great either way.
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