The Best Kale Salad

Ingredients (16)

• + 1 bunch lacinato kale, ribs discarded and leaves cut into thin strips add to pantry
• + 1 teaspoon olive oil add to pantry
• + 2 pinches salt add to pantry
• ✓ 1 lemon, juiced
• + 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard add to pantry
• + 1 teaspoon maple syrup, or more to taste add to pantry
• + ¼ teaspoon ground cumin add to pantry
• + 1 pinch garlic powder, or to taste add to pantry
• ✓ 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
• + salt and ground black pepper to taste add to pantry
• + 2 carrots, grated add to pantry
• + ½ cup frozen roasted corn (such as Trader Joe's®), thawed add to pantry
• + ¼ cup crushed tortilla chips add to pantry
• + ¼ cup dry-roasted almonds, coarsely chopped add to pantry
• + 2 tablespoons grated smoked white cheese (such as Beecher's® Smoked Flagship) add to pantry
• + 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped add to pantry