Replace Potato Chips with Kale Chips -Your Belly and Taste Buds will Love You!

 By Bella Bellies Owner Anne Martens

A standard of summer is picnics -and it is not a picnic with out chips! So my family and I have been trying a variety of chips including carrot chips, okra chips and kale chips. The Winner? Kale Chips!

Conflict:

•  My kiddos inform me that freshly picked, uncooked kale is too bitter for their little taste buds. But our family garden is exploding with this nutritious plant. So I somehow have to trick figure-out how to make my 2 year old, 7 year old and thirty-something husband happily eat this plant. 

Resolution:

• Kale Chips are the answer! Kale chips are a super-nutritious stand-in for potato chips —and are far more delicious! Also, during the summer season kale (depending on your region) tends to be inexpensive. So prepare now and save for winter!

Here is the simple recipe:

• Cut up roughly 3-4 cups of kale into  3 inch pieces, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with sea salt and parmesan cheese (parmesan cheese is optional, another alternative is cheddar cheese or no cheese at all). Spread the mix on a lined baking sheet and cook at 325 for 10-15 minutes. At roughly 5-7 minutes stir the batch, to ensure nothing is burning.

Done! It is that easy.

Too busy with the hustle and bustle of summer?

• Kale chips are available at most supermarkets. I have found kale chips at all stores in North Eastern PA. But they are inconsistently stocked, meaning some providers stock in the veggie section, other in the organic, some in the chip isle / lane....so best to ask the attendant.