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Your kids don’t like green vegetables? They will as soon as they try these Kale Chips!
If I give the kids a choice of sides for dinner without a doubt they will both ask, rather scream for “KALE CHIPS”! They know that they’re a nutritional powerhouse, but that’s not the reason they love them so much. The crunchy texture and taste alone would sell just about anyone. I’ve had this recipe on Weelicious for such a long time I knew it was time to give it a little love for Rewind Wednesday. Over the years I’ve made them with every kind of kale I can get my hands on from dinosaur, to curly to purple and more. Each one cooks up as beautiful and delicious as the one before. Make too many? Just pop them into zipper bags or glass containers after they fully cool for a treat you can enjoy all week long!
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When you’re trying to inspire kids to eat healthy, my experience has been if whatever you are making for them is in the form of a chip, muffin, pancake or on-a-stick, it’s usually a hit! We’ve been making these kale chips a lot recently and I can’t tell you how fast they disappear! I truly can’t believe how tasty they are — I know that’s a huge statement, but I think I like them even more then potato chips (and that’s saying a lot)! They’re crispy, crunchy and on two recent occasions when I served them to kids — several of whom normally turn their noses up at anything green — they devoured the entire bowl full in minutes.
Another plus is that kale is among the most nutrient rich of all foods. Loaded with vitamin A, C and calcium, this is a vegetable that gets an A plus for nutrition and one that you definitely want your kids to be eating!
Kale Chips
Ingredients
- 1 Bunch Kale
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325F degrees.
- Wash and remove stems off the kale and cut leaves into 2 inch pieces.
- Divide the kale between 2 cookie sheets lined with a Silpat or parchment paper, drizzle with oil (or spray with oil) and toss to coat (make sure there is a bit of space between the pieces of kale so they don’t steam).
- Bake for 18-20 minutes (keep an eye on them during the last few minutes of cooking so they don’t burn).
- Serve.
just made these n i love them! one tray came out perfect n crunchy n the other tray i think i put to close together n they steamed but me n my daughter love them both! cant wait to make again with kale frm my moms garden!=)
I finally tried these today. I used purple kale (hoping the colour would catch my kids’ fancy) and a bit of fleur de sel. I couldn’t convince the kids to try it, but I quickly went through half the batch on my own. I think I have a new addiction!
I made these and added lemon pepper seasoning, they are yum…oh. Thank You!!
I just made these, and they are delicious! My first batch burned after only 7 minutes or so. I only had to cook the next batch for about 5 minutes. I sprinkled them with a bit of salt, and they were amazing!
Just learned about your site-really excited to check it out! I was wondering whether you’ve experimented with other greens with this recipe (chard, collards, etc). I’m planning on trying this recipe soon though-thanks!
You can just use your silpat 🙂
I have only one silpat and no parchment paper!!! any alternatives?!?
thank you so much!
The Grammys were finally about what’s good not whats popular. Too bad all the Headlines are about the losers. Beeber.
For those of you who didn’t like these amazing kale chips, try flat kale /Latincino…they sell it at whole foods, at least in LA, and I grow it in my garden. This makes a big difference in the taste (I’ve tried both ways)
I was actually glad to see some other people didn’t like them either. I REALLY wanted to like them, but they were just so bitter. Definitely not for me, I couldn’t get the taste out of my mouth.
Love love love this website though!
These are awesome! I don’t know why i haven’t tried them sooner. I made a small batch for my 2.5 y.o. b/c i was skeptical and she just kept saying “mmm, these are good mommy. i want more”. I had to promise to make her more tomorrow. I actually cut the kale into smaller, bite sized pieces (to help minimize crumbs and to make them more appealing to her) and only needed to cook them for about 5 mins before they started browning. I used spray olive oil and it worked great!
I love raw dehydrated kale chips. You can make them plane (same recipe as on here), or cheesy, or spicy – cheesy is our fav! :)) LOVE LOVE LOVE kale chips.
Hello,
I am on a mac and have been trying to save your yummy recipes to my recipe box. I’ve tried in both firefox and safari and both don’t work. I’ve registered and logged in on the recipe box page… I’d love to start a collection of recipes if possible! My 3 year old will love it!
Thanks,
Ana
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Really good recipe!!! My 3 1/2 year old loves them! Are there many nutrients left after cooking Kale like this?
hi. How do you rec. storing these so that they stay crunchy?