Chips... Made from Kale!

So, after getting kale last week and using it as a sautéed side for a meal, my sister Lynne, who has an sweet blog too, suggested that we make kale chips. I'd never heard of them, but since I am am huge fan of chips (not the healthy kind), I though it would be a good recipe to try if we got kale again.

The awesome thing is that making kale chips is VERY easy to do. It doesn't take long and you can mix and match the flavors to your liking.

I used a recipe from the Food Network, but all I really needed was the over temperature - 275º F.

You take the head of kale and wash it well, spin dry it in a salad spinner, then cut out the main stems. I think you could cut more, but I only cut out the main tough stem from each leafy section. Then, I cut then into "bite sized" pieces, about an inch or two long.

I threw all the pieces into a big bowl and lightly tossed them in olive oil. I layered them out on a cookie sheet sprinkling them with sea salt.

Then, I baked them for about 10 minutes, flipped them over and baked again for 10 min. That's it! They were ready to eat. We didn't have a huge amount of kale, so we ate our whole batch hot from the oven :-)

The best part of this recipe is making up your own flavors. We did one sheet of sea salt and black pepper and one of sea salt and sesame seeds.

I can't wait to get more kale and try new flavors. There is defiantly a cayenne pepper batch in my future!

-Todd