Massaged Kale Salad with Roasted Sweet Potato & Black Beans

We loved it. I cooked the quinoa in coconut water to add a little flavor. Instead of pepitas, I added Bhuja crunchy seasoned peas (chickpeas) as we make these up in the lettuce. I also mixed the quinoa with the dressing and beans,etc. that way the quinoa will absorb more flavor. This is definitely a keeper in our household. I even finding my partner going into the container and eating right out of it. Delicious.

Saw this in a magazine at work and thought it sounded interesting, healthy and fast -- especially since I had one large sweet potato, 2 lone chicken breasts and kale in the fridge, so a nice weekday "bowl" dinner for my family of 4 adult eaters. Realized at home I didn't in fact have kale left, so used an 11 oz bag of spinach and massaged it just for a minute. WOW, the lemon and oil and garlic dressing was amazing!!! I will make that for other things, it was really fabulous. I did sub two more things (white beans for black, leftover cup of cold rice vs. making a batch of quinoa) for taste/time, but this is a forgiving and flexible recipe. The sweet potato and scallions were a nice addition, and my entire family (bowl fans anyway) LOVED the combination of flavors. Next time I will double the sweet potato and chicken. We had one nice large serving size of the the salad left, and even without chicken and sweet potato, it made a nice lunch the next day. Happy family! I will definitely explore more Eating Well recipes.

Fantastic. I did substitute the feta cheese with shredded Parmesan cheese. The flavors and the sweet potatoes were surprisingly good in the salad.