Detox Fresh Herb and Red Cabbage Salad

1 1/3 cup kale (shredded)
1 1/3 cup carrot (shredded)
1 1/3 cup red cabbage (shredded)
1/8 cup fresh mint leaves (coarsely chopped) 1/8 cup fresh cilantro leaves (coarsely chopped)

Vinaigrette
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon sea salt and pepper

Method:
Clean and shred your first 3 ingredients and add them to the bowl.
Chop your fresh herbs coarsely; you want big pieces of the herbs in your salad, treat them like a type of lettuce.
In a little mason jar, add all of your vinaigrette ingredients and shake them up in the jar.
Toss the salad with as much dressing as you would like and serve. 

Cook Outside the Box
Add freshly grated ginger and garlic to the dressing for a nutrient pump up and anti-inflammatory affect.
Make a wrap out of this nutrient dense salad.
Add some lightly toasted cashews or sesame seeds and give it an Asian flavour to it. Kale and Cabbage Salad

Spicy Kale Chips

Everyone seems to have their favourite kale chip recipe these days. What bothers me about a lot of the kale chip recipes out there, is that they use the wrong oil and cook the kale at an unnecessary high heat. So my recipe cooks the delicate kale at 300 degrees Fahrenheit and is flavoured with delicious organic, virgin coconut oil and spices.

5 cups raw, curly kale
2 tablespoon organic, virgin coconut oil
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (or 1/8 tsp) 

Method
Wash and dry your kale, break the kale up into similar small pieces and add them to a large bowl. Season your kale with the melted coconut oil, salt, pepper, cayenne and garlic powder. Massage the kale until all of the pieces look like they have been fairly seasoned with the yummy spices.
Add the kale to a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper and make sure not to crowd the baking sheet. You want every delicious piece of kale to be crispy!
Bake the kale at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 15-17 minutes. You do not want your kale to turn brown, the purpose of cooking at such a low heat is to retain as many nutrients as possible.
Voila! Once they are crispy and beautifully green, they are ready.

Cook Outside the Box
Crush the kale chips into homemade popcorn, it's ridiculous
Add some nutritional yeast to the spice mixture in the recipe to give it a "cheesy like"  flavor