Last week, I met the sweetest little old southern lady at the farmer's market... she recommended I put kale into my Hoppin' John recipe of last week, I bought it, but didn't know how or when to add it, so I've been holding onto it til this week!
PS - I swear this looks like the stuff that restaurants use at their salad bars and on your dinner plate as decoration... Does anyone know if that's what this is? If so, it's def good for more than decor!
I came across this surprisingly simple recipe that I knew I just had to try, and I happened to already have the kale! Yahoo!!! It's called
Baked Kale Chips and lots of people make these to snack on in place of bad snacks like potato chips - these are a lot more healthy and you can decide how to season them!
Recipe:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/baked-kale-chips/ I used what I had to make a mini-trial-batch so I would know if I should buy more or not...
I read lots of the reviews on the website and it really helped me with deciding how to do them... there are so many good suggestions... Make sure to wash and dry extremely thoroughly or they will come out soggy! Use only enough oil to lightly coat the leaves and sprinkle with your seasonings.
I used Sea Salt, Garlic Powder and a dash of Crushed Red Pepper. Placed on a non-insulated baking sheet and baked at 340 for 5 mins and turned it down to 330 for the next 5. If they get brown, they taste burnt and not good! You want them to get crispy, but not burnt so keep checking them...
But I didn't burn them and my sister is back this week for my taste test!
Being brave with the kale chips! While baking, they sort of smelled like my sauteed brussel sprouts from Week 1 and there a very slight taste of them too, but that's probably just because they were both cooked with olive oil and sea salt. Fortunately the brussel sprouts were GOOD so that's not a bad thing!
LOL, Kate, don't look so confident in my experiments! ;)
And the baked kale chips are a success! So easy and so tasty! I def recommend these... A veggie that's really like a snack! Yum!!! There were some good suggestions for using other seasonings such as parmesan cheese, dry ranch mix, vinegar, cayenne, etc... Of course, those make it less healthy, but still probably better than potato chips. I'll definitely be making more of these and experimenting with the flavors, although the ones I made tonight were pretty good too!
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