Laurel's kale salad

Ingredients

• 1 bunch of baby Lacinato kale (dinosaur bubble kale), julienned (extremely thinly sliced), leave spine for flavor and fiber
  • the kale is one of the key ingredients: it should be dark, green, crunchy, and fresh
• 1 shallot, extremely thinly sliced and separated (little rings), so that the shallot rings are evenly distributed amongst the kale
• ~3 oz goat cheese, crumbled
  • the goat cheese is the second most important ingredient: get the freshest cheese you can for the best flavor!
• 1 peeled grapefruit, carefully diced
• Handful of chopped walnuts, toasted in a pan
• Avocado (optional)
• Thinly sliced red or green apple (optional)
• Pomegranate seeds (optional)

Hold out the walnuts, mix the other ingredients, then add the walnuts, while still hot, to soften the goat cheese.

Add dressing of your choice (recommend a balsamic vinaigrette)

Massage the salad with bare (washed) hands to get everything evenly coated. Nitrile gloves for the faint of heart.