This Autumn Kale Salad with Chicken Sausage is one of my favorite salads for the fall! It is the perfect combination of kale, sweet potato, honey crisp apple, sun-dried tomato, pistachios, cashew cheese, chicken sausage and creamy tahini dressing. Don’t judge chicken sausage on a salad, it is seriously so good!
EXTRA TIPS: Autumn Kale Salad with Chicken Sausage
I love to meal prep this salad to have around for lunches and dinners for the week. Mix the tahini dressing in a blender and store in a mason jar in the fridge. I like to prep all the ingredients separately and assemble at meal time. Slice the chicken sausage into small pieces and heat on a cast iron skillet for 3 minutes on each side. I recommend using Applegate chicken and apple sausage and Miyokos herb cashew cheese! If you love this recipe, try my Fall Kale Salad with Maple Tahini Dressing.
Autumn Kale Salad with Chicken Sausage
Ingredients
Salad
- 1 bunch of dinosaur kale
- 1 sweet potato peeled and cubed
- 1 honey crisp apple sliced into matchsticks
- 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes drained rinsed and chopped
- 1/2 cup raw pistachios
- 1/2 wheel of Miyokos herb cashew cheese split into 4 spoonfuls
- 4 links of Applegate chicken and apple sausage sliced
- 2 tsp olive oil
Homemade tahini dressing
- 1/3 cup tahini
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- Add diced sweet potato to a sheet pan and drizzle olive oil, salt and pepper. Bake at 400 for 45 minutes until crispy
- Drizzle 1 tsp olive oil on a skillet over medium heat. Add sliced chicken sausage, cooking for 5 minutes, flipping half way through
- Add kale to a large bowl with 1 tsp olive oil. Massage for about 30 seconds
- Add all ingredients to the kale. Drizzle the tahini dressing on top and toss until fully combined
- Separate into 4 salad bowls and top with a scoop of cheese on each
