Kale and Wheat Berry Salad with Fresh Cherry Dressing

Kale and Wheat Berry Salad with Fresh Cherry Dressing

Fresh summer touches bring what is typically a cool-weather salad firmly into the season. Fresh cherries perform double duty, featuring in both the dressing (in which they’re pureed) and the finished salad. Curly kale has a hearty, slightly tough texture, but massaging it with the salt tenderizes it nicely. If you’d rather use baby kale, you can skip the massage. If you have trouble finding watermelon radishes, any radishes will work beautifully.

Serves 4 (serving size: about 2 cups)

Ingredients

6 cups water
1/4 cup uncooked wheat berries
1 1/2 cups pitted fresh cherries (about 9 oz.), divided
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons grainy Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 bunches curly kale, stemmed and torn (6-oz.)
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup very thinly sliced baby watermelon radishes (about 1 oz.)
1/4 cup firmly packed small fresh mint leaves
2 ounces Marcona almonds

Nutritional Information

Calories 253
Fat 15 g
Satfat 2 g
Unsatfat 12 g
Protein 8 g
Carbohydrate 27 g
Fiber 7 g
Sugars 10 g
Added sugars 0 g
Sodium 362 mg
Calcium 17 % DV
Potassium 15 % DV


July 2018