These 5 Low Calorie Kale Salad Recipes are packed full of nutrition and so easy to make!
You’ll have options for a simple kale salad, a vegan protein packed kale salad, and even a chicken kale salad in the recipe card below.
Plus, I’ve supplied you with our low calorie lemon vinaigrette. It’s so amazing in this salad, but really any vinaigrette will work.
I love this recipe because the toppings pair perfectly with kale. I balanced the bitter flavor of kale with cranberries and creamy avocado. Plus an amazing dressing, creating a perfect kale salad recipe I know you’ll love.
Low Calorie Kale Salads for Weight Loss
What You’ll Find in this Article:
Ingredients in Healthy Kale Salads
I suppled you with a wonderful low calorie lemon kale salad dressing in the section below. But you could use any vinaigrette salad dressing!
Here are more salad dressing recipes, try all these kale salad dressing recipes… or use the lemon kale salad dressing below.
More Salad Dressings for Low Calorie Kale Salads:
- Apple Cider Vinaigrette Dressing {JUST 41 CALORIES}
- LOW CALORIE Greek Salad Dressing Recipe
- Homemade Balsamic Vinaigrette Recipe {JUST 41 CALORIES!}
- 10 Amazing Healthy Salad Dressing Recipes
Shopping List for Healthy Kale Salads:
- Kale
- Pecans
- Dried cranberries
- Avocado
- Low Calorie Lemon Vinaigrette
4 Optional Protein Add-Ins:
- Maple Ginger Baked Tofu
- Meal Prep Shredded Chicken
- Crumbled goat cheese
- Garbanzo beans
How to Make Low Calorie Kale Salad for Weight Loss
This easy kale salad requires no cooking, and is a great meal prep salad for lunch or dinner.
Making a salad kale recipe is easy and hearty. You’ll need to remove the stem and discard it, but you can also get a bag of chopped kale to save time.
How to Make a Healthy Kale Salad:
- To a large bowl add the kale, 1/2 of the pecans, 1/2 of the cranberries, and the dressing (plus 1/2 of any addition protein add ins).
- Toss well until the vinaigrette coats all the kale.
- Move to a plate (or meal prep container) and top with the remaining pecans, cranberries and the avocado (and the remaining 1/2 of the optional protein add ins).
Low Calorie Kale Salad for Weight Loss
These healthy kale salad recipes come with 4 optional protein add ins, so below you get 5 low calorie kale salad recipes!
I’ve supplied you with a healthy kale salad dressing lemon vinaigrette, but we also supplied more kale salad dressing recipes above in the “Ingredients” section.
More Low Calorie Salad Recipes:
Low Calorie Kale Salads for Weight Loss
Ingredients
- 2 cups kale stems removes and cut into bite sized pieces
- ¼ cup pecans
- ¼ cup dried cranberries
- ½ avocado diced
- 2.5 tablespoons Low Calorie Lemon Vinaigrette
4 Optional Protein Add-Ins:
- 1 cup Maple Ginger Baked Tofu
- 1 cup Meal Prep Shredded Chicken
- ¼ cup crumbled goat cheese
- ¼ cup garbanzo beans
Instructions
- To a large bowl add the kale, 1/2 of the pecans, 1/2 of the cranberries, and the dressing (plus 1/2 of any addition protein add ins).
- Toss well until the vinaigrette coats all the kale.
- Move to a plate (or meal prep container) and top with the remaining pecans, cranberries and the avocado (and the remaining 1/2 of the optional protein add ins).
Nutrition
Nutrition and Calories in Kale Salads
The nutrition and calories below are based off 1 serving (3 cups) of the basic kale salad recipe above.
If you choose to add in a protein option, the calories will change a bit, but the protein will increase too.
Important Note: As a reminder, at Lose Weight By Eating it is my goal to make you healthier, all-natural versions of your favorite recipes… not all will be “diet worthy” depending on the diet you are on. But they will be healthier versions to help curb your cravings.
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Article History:
- Originally written and published on October 2, 2022 by Audrey Johns
- Updated on May 18, 2023 by Audrey Johns
- Updated on September 27, 2023 by Audrey Johns
