An antioxidant-packed winter salad

Kale + beets + hazelnuts 🥬

There is a time and place for raw vegetable salads (time: summer, place: sunny patio) and the middle of January certainly ain’t it. While I generally love a juicy cucumber number or a classic panzanella, they are not what I’m craving right now. Now is a time for grounding, earthy root vegetables, and dark bitter greens.

Enter this kale beet salad with shallot vinaigrette and roasted hazelnuts. I’ve been making this wintery side dish for the past couple of weeks and am absolutely obsessed.

Here, slippery slivers of sweet beets mingle with crunchy, juicy massaged kale. The tangy mustard vinaigrette brightens everything up and tenderizes the kale leaves, while the hazelnuts punctuate the vegetables with warm, nutty notes.

This simple salad calls for just a couple of ingredients and works as a side dish for nearly any main…

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