Junked Up Kale Salad

Ingredients

• ✓ 1 bunch curly kale, stemmed and leaves shredded
• ✓ 1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
• ✓ ¼ teaspoon kosher salt, or as desired
• ✓ 2 cloves garlic, peeled
• ✓ ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
• ✓ 1 ½ teaspoons olive oil
• ✓ 2 cups walnut pieces
• ✓ 1 lemon, juiced
• ✓ 2 cups cooked wild rice
• ✓ 2 apples (such as Gala or Pink Lady), diced
• ✓ 1 cup dried cranberries
• ✓ ½ cup shredded Italian cheese blend (such as Trader Joe's® 4-Cheese Romano Blend)
• ✓ ¼ cup sesame seeds
• ✓ ¼ cup chia seeds
• ✓ ¼ cup hemp seeds
• ✓ ¼ cup flax seeds
• ✓ 2 tablespoons bread crumbs
• ✓ 2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese, or to taste