Raw red kale salad with hummus lime dressing

Recipe : Raw red kale salad with avocado, blueberries & feta with a hummus & lime dressing

This salad is a real health booster powerhouse with the antioxidant rich kale and blueberries and sesame based hummus, so good for your liver. Don't be afraid to get your hands into the leaves to massage the dressing in well.

2 cups of kale, chopped into mouth sized pieces. (I used red Russian, a frilly edged and dark purple veined variety, but there are loads, any one would be good)

1 scallion, white part sliced finely

1/2 carrot, scrubbed and finely sliced

1/2 avocado, cut into chunks

1/2 cup blueberries, halved

1/2 red bell pepper, seeded and thinly sliced

1 small chili pepper, seeded and finely chopped

1 tbsp feta cheese, crumbled

Dressing

2 tbsp hummus

juice of one lime

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

a splash of balsamic vinegar

1 clove garlic, sliced finely

1 tsp of agave nectar

salt to taste

First, make the dressing. Spoon the hummus into a dish, add the oil and lime juice and mix well. At first it will seem curdled and lumpy, don't worry, keep mixing, it will become smooth again. Add the other ingredients, mixing and tasting before adding salt to balance if you think it needs it.

For the salad, simply put all the ingredients except the feta and avocado into a large bowl, (you don't want these squished and squashed - believe me). Stir everything together and then pour the dressing over. Using your very clean hands start massaging the dressing into the salad until the leaves begin to feel wilted and soften. Add the feta and avocado and mix again to coat with the dressing. This salad is guaranteed not to go soggy and can be kept for days. I recently saw an article about packing your own aeroplane food in a magazine of which a similar kale salad was the star. (Am I the only person alive who actually really likes aeroplane food)?