The Best Kale Salad

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Ingredients

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