healthy chips

Needless to say, there was a lot of baking and snacking that happened during the hurricane. I recently read a New York Times article about the "Sandy 5"; the 5 pounds that everyone gained thanks to Sandy. And, if we're being honest, I'm sure even if we didn't all gain 5 pounds, we were definitely all storing up for our storm hibernation. Be it from nerves, boredom, or lack of healthy food around, there was a lot of snacking happening during the storm. 

As you can see from my past few posts (and spoiler!!! we also made home-made ravioli, to be posted soon!), I was doing a lot of baking before and during Sandy. Fortunately and unfortunately, we were stuck in our apartment for awhile, and we did lots of good eating during that time. My hurricane cookies and walnut streusel bread got us through, filling our tummies with love, but I figured I should make a healthy snack while I was at it. Since I had no where to go, and a fridge full of ingredients that would surely go bad once we lost power, our kitchen was on cooking overload. And while we definitely wanted comfort food and snacks throughout the storm, I tried to put a healthy spin on the things we were making.

This recipe is delicious and fool-proof. If you can turn on your oven, you can make this! It is an incredible alternative to other kinds of chips and snack foods, and can be made in under 30 minutes, what could be better?! The next time you're stuck inside with people you love, make them some yummy, and even healthy, treats!

salty, crunchy, chips!

Kale chips

2 cups of kale
garlic salt
pepper
non-stick cooking spray

before

after

Preheat your oven to 250 degrees
Tear your kale into bite size pieces
Spread your kale onto a sprayed cookie sheet, and be sure that the kale is not overlapping at all (if your kale overlaps, it will not crisp up)
Spray the kale with non-stick cooking spray and sprinkle with salt and pepper
Bake your kale for 25 minutes or until kale becomes crispy
Enjoy!
(be sure to store in an air tight container or else the kale will not stay crispy)

kale!