Kale Chips

As you can tell from prior posts, I'm really getting the hang of using kale in everyday recipes. When I was at Trader Joe's doing my weekly shopping, I picked up a whole lot of it in hopes of using it in various ways. My friend recommended I try making it into chips and I could not be happier with the result. These chips are not only nutritious but absolutely delicious!! Making these chips is extremely easy and surprisingly cheap.

Ingredients:

• Fresh kale--preferred method (you can use bagged, but your chips will be much smaller)

• Olive oil

• Sea Salt

• Black Pepper

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 F. De-stem the kale and place in strainer to rinse off. Place your washed kale in a salad spinner or simply dry with paper towels, but be sure to be gentle as the kale is easily broken. (FYI--when the kale is baked, the pieces will shrivel and shrink, so make your pieces reasonably sized)

Step 2: Mix olive oil, sea salt, pepper in a bowl. I decided to use the olive oil sparingly because I didn't want to have too much that the kale pieces were drenched.

Step 3: This step can be done tons of ways, I chose to put the kale in a bowl and then drizzle the mixture over it and sift through with my hands until every piece is covered.

Step 4: Place your kale onto a non-greased cookie sheet. You want to place the pieces evenly spaced apart, so you may find yourself making a few batches. Bake chips for about 10-13 miutes, 13 minutes is more on the crispier side, which I like, but 10 minutes does the job well enough. 

I chose to add a bit of chilli powder to my chips to give them a little kick. They turned out absolutely delicious and made about 3 batches. Not only are hese chips low calorie and nutritious but like potato chips, you can't eat just one!! I am so excited to make them again and experiment with more spices and herbs! Definitely try these out, you won't be sorry!!

ENJOY!!