Warm kale salad with roasted potatoes, bacon, cranberries and Manchego cheese. Drizzle some super-tasty raspberry dressing on top and you'll be stuffing salads in your face all year long.
![Warm kale salad with roasted potatoes, bacon, cranberries and Manchego cheese. Drizzle some super-tasty raspberry dressing on top and you'll be stuffing salads in your face all year long.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/650da880c415cb1e80784a45/651e56dad3229a39208a3677_warm-kale-salad-03.jpeg)
I'm writing this post as the rain hammers off my windows. It's a rare sight in California but we need the water for sure and everything in my yard is getting a much needed wash down. So it felt a little weird to be giving you guys a salad recipe, but it's a warm kale salad! But why should salads have all the summer fun? This warm kale salad is definitely a fall flavor recipe, the potatoes are warm with chunks of over-crispy bacon, apple, Manchego cheese, cranberries and kale! I almost forgot the candied pecans. This is totally Christmas in a bowl! Every salad needs a dressing and this one is so easy it's ridiculous. Fresh raspberries with some red wine vinegar and olive oil, blended high-speed style in my Vitamix. It's a little tart but the bacon takes care of that.
![Warm kale salad with roasted potatoes, bacon, cranberries and Manchego cheese. Drizzle some super-tasty raspberry dressing on top and you'll be stuffing salads in your face all year long.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/650da880c415cb1e80784a45/651e56dad3229a39208a367a_warm-kale-salad-07.jpeg)
The kale doesn't even need to be cooked. Just a gentle massage with some olive oil and it's ready to go. Sweet from the cranberries and candied pecans. Savory from the Manchego and bacon. All sorts of umami-ness flying around. This is a filling salad because of the potatoes, but throwing some slices of grilled chicken on top would not be a bad thing or even grilled tofu. Protein, carbs, fruit and dairy. What else would you ever need for the perfect kale salad?
![Warm kale salad with roasted potatoes, bacon, cranberries and Manchego cheese. Drizzle some super-tasty raspberry dressing on top and you'll be stuffing salads in your face all year long.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/650da880c415cb1e80784a45/6522e7e7059536649f70998e_warm-kale-salad-04.jpeg)
The potatoes are simply seasoned with salt, pepper and rosemary. Toss them in a bowl and roast in the oven until soft and kinda blistery. This is where you're allowed to taste some (a lot) because they're so good just like this!
![Warm kale salad with roasted potatoes, bacon, cranberries and Manchego cheese. Drizzle some super-tasty raspberry dressing on top and you'll be stuffing salads in your face all year long.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/650da880c415cb1e80784a45/651e56dad3229a39208a35f4_warm-kale-salad-02.jpeg)
This picture pretty much sums up this warm kale salad, except you may have nothing left on our plate. The only reason I did was because I piled it way higher than I should have. Have a great Thanksgiving week everybody!
![Warm kale salad with roasted potatoes, bacon, cranberries and Manchego cheese. Drizzle some super-tasty raspberry dressing on top and you'll be stuffing salads in your face all year long.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/650da880c415cb1e80784a45/651e56dad3229a39208a3681_warm-kale-salad-05.jpeg)