Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Oh Happy Day

Well today is Happy for a couple reasons...

Happy Groundhogs day
&
Happy Birthday to my sweet 16 daughter Katie!

Today I tried a new recipe - KALE CHIPS

I was reminded of reading of the idea as I strolled through the produce department, always looking for something new and unusual to try. Simple put you wash your Kale, tear the greenery from the stems in 2-3 pieces per stalk. Add them to a bowl with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and totally cover them all, tossing with your hands and kinda massaging them.

Place them on a baking sheet, spread out, sprinkled with salt and bake at 200 degrees for about 30mins. Keep an eye on them - cause they can pass from done to burnt pretty quick!
While they were cooking I was a bit unsure what they were going to taste like, as I wasn't sure the smell coming from the oven was edible...but to my surprise they are amazing! I look forward to having them with a sandwich tomorrow!

4 comments:

  1. ya know...I have never eaten kale...maybe I should try it.

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  2. Happy Sweet 16 to Katie!

    I haven't eaten it either so will have to check it out.

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  3. That is one I haven't tried. I am going to though, thanks! Happy birthday to your daughter.

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  4. if you need kale chip links, try this one on for size my dear. the coating is PHENOMENAL and you can eat it by the spoon as veggie dip too :)
    nooch = nutritional yeast but if you're not vegan, just use some parsm cheese. Or omit.
    http://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2009/10/raw-vegan-kale-chips.html
    Oven method totally fine too. You're totally on top of it! WIsh you could give advice to the 89 other readers who write to me every day w/ questions about ovens/dehydrators LOL
    xoxo

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