Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Thanksgiving Leftovers Kale Salad

This Thanksgiving Leftovers Kale Salad is filled amongst all of your extras from Thanksgiving dinner! We’ve got turkey, roasted sweetness potatoes, roasted brussels, corn, cornbread croutons, together with a delicious cranberry balsamic vinaigrette! Such a delicious together with hearty salad to enjoy later the vacation!


Overhead shot of a thanksgiving leftovers kale salad with roasted sweet potatoes, brussels, green beans, and cornbread croutons with a ramekin of cranberry balsamic vinaigrette above it


If y'all ask to know what to do alongside all of the Thanksgiving food still staring at y'all inwards your fridge, I’ve got you covered! This salad is SO delicious together with hearty, as well as it is dissimilar enough from Thanksgiving dinner, that it feels similar something novel too exciting. Hello cranberry balsamic vinaigrette too cornbread croutons!


And if y'all’re anything similar me, subsequently final week, having a salad is in all probability a skilful thought!



Overhead shot of a thanksgiving leftovers kale salad with roasted sweet potatoes, brussels, green beans, and cornbread croutons


I’ve ever been a huge fan of texture filled salads, peculiarly kale salads, because they stand upwardly to anything, as well as y'all tin can add together all the toppings, which permit’sec live existent, are the best office!


This recipe is simply a proposition of add together-ins, merely y'all can truly function whatsoever y'all want!


Overhead shot of a thanksgiving leftovers kale salad bring drizzled with cranberry balsamic vinaigrette


This dressing is then delish together with I want to get in all the time through this holiday season! I only added roughly cranberry sauce to my classic maple balsamic vinaigrette, along amongst a lilliputian garlic, table salt, as well as pepper. It’second the perfect sum of sweetness as well as tart, together with it’second such a bang-up function for leftover cranberry sauce!


Overhead shot of a mixing bowl of kale with two wooden and gold salad tossers in the bowl, surrounded by a bowl of green beans, roasted sweet potatoes, a plate of turkey, and cranberry balsamic vinaigrette


I dear using lacinato kale for this, which is the darker, smoother kale, just greenish curly kale would function here as well! I’1000 just partial to the other stuff. It’second softer and tastes ameliorate in my sentiment!


Also – I wouldn’t put it by yous to pose leftover stuffing or greenish bean casserole, or the more than traditional sides into this salad. The kale really is so hearty, that adding those form of sides would only go far more than similar a hash – too that would be totally delicious.


You really tin can’t mess this up!


Overhead shot of a thanksgiving leftovers kale salad being sprinkled with cornbread croutons


And for the cornbread croutons, you could brand them amongst leftover dinner rolls or whatsoever other breadstuff from Thanksgiving dinner – even biscuits! Literally simply idea of that every bit I’thousand typing this as well as omg – I tin’t become biscuit croutons out of my caput.


That needs to go on!


But this cornbread version is amazing, and I’ve added them to other salads as well. They don’t go as crispy equally regular croutons, but they sort of crumble into the salad and I tend to similar that improve.


Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 fiddling scrap of cornbread goodness inwards every bite.


Overhead shot of a thanksgiving leftovers kale salad with roasted sweet potatoes, brussels, green beans, and cornbread croutons surrounded by a ramekin of vinaigrette, a plate of turkey, a ramekin of corn, and a bowl of brussels


And if you lot take more than Thanksgiving leftover inspiration, I’ve got yous covered!


Turkey too Dumplings

Thanksgiving Leftovers Everything Bagel Breakfast Sandwich

Turkey Panini with Cranberry White Cheddar too Crispy Sage


Overhead shot of a thanksgiving leftovers kale salad bring drizzled with cranberry balsamic vinaigrette




Overhead shot of a thanksgiving leftovers kale salad with roasted sweet potatoes, brussels, green beans, and cornbread croutons with a ramekin of cranberry balsamic vinaigrette above it


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Thanksgiving Leftovers Kale Salad



This Thanksgiving Leftovers Kale Salad is filled with all of your extras from Thanksgiving dinner! We've got turkey, roasted sugariness potatoes, roasted brussels, corn, greenish beans, cornbread croutons, as well as a delicious cranberry balsamic vinaigrette! Such a delicious and hearty salad to savour subsequently the vacation!




Course

Main, Salad



Cuisine

Thanksgiving



Keyword

thanksgiving leftovers salad





Prep Time xv minutes




Servings 4


Author Molly


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