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Air Fryer Brunch Asparagus Kale Salad : with vegan sausage

This brunch asparagus kale salad is sweet, savory, and vegan!  Made with fresh kale, vegan breakfast sausage, potatoes, shallots, asparagus, apples, and pecans. And it's all tossed in an easy-to-make dressing made with jam, maple syrup, red wine vinegar, lemon, nutmeg, and salt.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Breakfast, brunch, Salad
Cuisine plant-based, vegan, vegetarian
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • air fryer

Ingredients
  

  • 1 bundle Kale Around 7 oz
  • 6 small potatoes I used multicolored ones
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 4 links Vegan breakfast sausage I used the brand Beyond
  • 1 shallot
  • 1/2 bundle Asparagus About 10 spears
  • 1 Apple I used Granny Smith because they are tart
  • 1/4 cup pecans

For Dressing

  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp Fruit Jam I used cherry jam
  • 1 tbsp Maple syrup
  • 1/8 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/8 tsp sea salt

Instructions
 

AIR FRY INGREDIENTS

  • Start by preheating your air fryer to 400ºF.
    If your air fryer doesn't have a preheat button, simply turn it on for 5 minutes before using.
  • Dice the 6 small potatoes into small cubes.
  • Then place them in a bowl with 1 tsp of olive oil and a pinch of salt. Mix them until evenly coated.
    potatoes in a bowl with olive oil
  • Place the diced potatoes on an air fryer tray in an even layer. Pop in the preheated air fryer and cook for 10 minutes.
    potatoes in the air fryer
  • While potatoes are cooking, move ahead to prepare the rest of the salad.
  • Slice your shallots thin.
  • When the potatoes have reached the 10 minute mark, add sliced shallots to the potatoes. Mix together.
  • Along side the potatoes and shallots, place the 4 vegan breakfast sausage links on the air fryer tray. 
    vegan sausage shallots and potatoes in air fryer
  • Continue cooking the potatoes, shallots and vegan sausage links for 5 minutes.
  • Prepare the asparagus by cutting off the bottom inch or two to get rid of the harder part of them. 
  • At the 5 minute mark, add the asparagus to the air fryer tray along side the potatoes and vegan sausage.
    asparagus vegan sausage potatoes in air fryer
  • Flip the vegan sausage over to allow it to cook evenly. Also give the potatoes and shallots a quick mix.
  •  Cook everything for 5 more minutes or until done.
    Everything is done when the potatoes are tender and shallots are tender, the vegan sausage is crisp, and the asparagus is slightly tender.
    Cheat Sheet for ingredient timing is as follows
    Potatoes - 20 minutes total
    Shallot and vegan sausage - 10 minutes total
    Asparagus - 5 minutes total
  • Remove ingredients from the oven.
  • While ingredients are cooking, move ahead and prepare the rest of the salad
  • Remove the stems from you bundle of kale. Chop or rip your kale into bite sized pieces.
  • Place you ripped kale into a mixing bowl. Add 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
    kale in a mixing bowl
  • Massage the kale with your hands for about 30 seconds. (This allows the kale to soften and become a nicer texture)
  • Add 1 tbsp red wine vinegar, 2 tbsp jam, 1 tbsp maple syrup, 1/8 tsp nutmeg, and 1/8 tsp sea salt. Mix until kale is evenly covered.
    kale and dressing in bowl
  • Chop up apples into small pieces. Add apples and nuts to the kale salad and mix. Set aside.
    adding apples to salad
  • When your air fryer ingredients have finished cooking, remove from air fryer. 
  • Chop up the vegan breakfast sausage into small pieces.
    chopped vegan sausage for brunch kale and asparagus salad
  • Add the air fryer ingredients into the salad and mix.
    brunch kale and asparagus salad in mixing bowl
  • Serve and enjoy!
    brunch kale and asparagus salad
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