If ever you need a salty snack that won’t make you hate yourself, kale chips are it. I know, you already hate yourself for caving to mainstream pressure; you must have an iPhone 4 or you’ll die! But just in case you’re wrong, and slogging along with the last phone you mortgaged your home for doesn’t actually sentence you to death, wouldn’t it be nice if you ingested some lutein and zeaxanthin to protect your eyes? You’ve probably already done quite a bit of damage from staring at the inferior screen on your iPhone 3G, you may as well try to counteract it. And what about antioxidants, calcium and carotene? Guess what? Kale has lutein and zeaxanthin! And antioxidants, calcium and carotene! I know, it’s like I’ve just given you a gigantic leaf-shaped gift.
So if you stayed up all night trying to pre-order an iphone and sending hate mail to AT&T, and you plan on doing it again tonight, it’s probably time to put down the Cheetos. Don’t worry, you can take your laptop into the kitchen and you’ll only be there for a few minutes. You can refresh while you bake.
Just tear pieces of (washed) kale from the stalk and throw them onto a parchment lined baking sheet. I use a mister to coat them in olive oil and then sprinkle on the sea salt. If you don’t have an oil mister you’re screwed, but I suppose you could just toss the leaves in olive oil manually. Bake at 350 for around 10 minutes and they should be nice and crispy. I like them browned; you can decide for yourself. Dust on some nutritional yeast and it’s go time. Just don’t forget to refresh– I have a feeling that this time it’s going to work.
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You sound exactly like me last night. Until I realized Apple is much smarter than AT&T and I went to their website and was upgraded and paid for in under 3 minutes. I wasted all that time refreshing yesterday!!!!
I am trying you recipe tonight. They look like the perfect chip replacement.
This is such a cool looking recipe. So interesting. Thanks so much for sharing! Have you ever tried
Herbed Bagel Chips? Sorry, can vegans eat butter? Not sure.
Thanks
No butter, but it’s easy to replace.
I hope you like your kale chips!
AT&T is the worst!
I love Kale chips. Can’t wait until Kale comes in at the farmer’s market. I am going broke buying organic kale at the regular market! Will be sure to try your recipe!
Yes, definitely try it! It’s such a tasty and easy snack. We have them with dinner a lot too.
My absolute favorite snack!!
i can’t say i’m tempted. but if kale ever enters my fridge, i’ll know what to do with it.
what kind of vegan am i if i don’t love kale? sigh…
I love Kale chips. Adding nutritional yeast is a nice touch. I can’t wait till the kale in my garden is ready for harvest. I will certainly be making kale chips. I’m not a vegan but I so love veggies and I’m always looking for interesting ways to prepare them.
You don’t have to be vegan to have good taste
I bought a big bunch of kale the other day, its been in my fridge waiting for me to use it.
When I came across your blog…I seen this recipe and jumped into the kitchen and whipped these up. They are in the oven right now!!
Thanks for the inspiration
You’re so very welcome! I hope you enjoy them
Thank you for inspiring Kirsten, who inspired Marysol, who inspired me! I love kale chips!
http://ottawafood.blogspot.com/2010/07/kale-chips-roots-and-shoots-farm-csa.html
I’m so happy you love them! I certainly didn’t invent them, but if I inspired you to try them, then awesome!