Kale Chips

So I've always been afraid to try darker greens like kale and swiss chard. I love spinach and most all salad greens...but the darker ones...um not so much. I always thought they tasted so bitter and unappetizing. But since I've been trying to eat healthier and feed my little one a more varied diet, I thought I'd try kale chips. I had read an article in a magazine by Ellie Kreiger about Kale chips about a year ago...but never got around to making them myself. My friend Alison recently made some and her soon to be two year old loved them...so I said "let's try it!"

The first thing you want to do is tear the greens off their stems and wash them thoroughly. Then you want to use a salad spinner to get all the excess water off.

After doing that you want to place the newly washed leaves in bowl (I did two rounds of this because I had a lot of kale) and sprinkle with 1 T of olive oil and kosher salt. Toss the kale around in the bowl with the oil and salt.

Place the kale in a single layer on a baking sheet that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Bake in a preheated 300 degrees oven for 15 minutes or until they are crisp and slightly brown around the edges.

Kale has so much going for it! Check out these stats!

• Filled with TONS of Vitamin A
• Vitamin C
• Iron
  
• Calcium

Give it a whirl, see what you think :)