Kale chips

I LOVE KALE CHIPS!

I think I've gone through bales of this stuff this past couple months. I can eat the whole bunch seriously in one sitting. Now, I did try the fancier techniques (dressing it with vinegar, etc), but I prefer the simple, salt and olive oil only additions.

What I usually do is:

1) Preheat oven to 350 F
2) rinse the kale leaves
3) rip off the leaves from the stem (saving the stem for my “forthcoming try on my own vegetable stock pile in the freezer”)
4) spin dry them
5) pile them on a baking dish (ripping leaves so they are more uniform size)
6) drizzle olive oil
7) sprinkle with salt
8) Massage/toss with hands to evenly coat
9) Bake for 10-15 minutes, turning halfway
10) INDULGE!

I'm happy that I'm at least addicted, okay maybe a little obsessed, with something healthy.

Actually, it's getting so bad that most of my vegetable stock pile in the freezer IS Kale stems!!!

Now for type, I prefer the curly kale. The tuscan kale produces a better crunch, but for flavor, I like the curly kale ( my sister agreed - on another note, I did try to introduce this healthy snack to my family and ended up eating most of it!!!)

If you want to try another recipe, here's a recipe that I've tried and liked.

Oh and btw -my obsession has led me to growing an army of kale plants outside on my balcony...hopefully they'll prosper!