Kale Chips

A couple weeks ago my mommy's group paired up with a local farm and started getting bi-weekly Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) boxes. One of the veggies packed in the box was Kale.  

I had NO idea what to do with it. I had heard it was bitter and an acquired taste.

I was nervous.

Then I remembered a recipe I had read months ago about Kale Chips. A friend had mentioned she had made them too and that they weren't too bad. Since they were just sitting in a plastic bag in the fridge I figured, what the heck?!

I turned to All Recipes and read some recipes and decided to make two batches. One sea-salt roasted and one chili-roasted.

The recipe? So easy I could scream.

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Line your cookie sheet with parchment paper. Cut your kale into desired chip sizes. Toss in olive oil and spices (in one bowl I used sea salt and the other bowl I mixed chili powder and sea salt). Line chips on your cookie sheet and bake! You have to watch them. you definitely want them crispy. But there is a fine line between crispy and brown. So beware! I set my timer for 5 mins but realistically they were probably in there for about 8. And I wish, for the sea-salt ones. that I had done them for about an extra min or so. 

They were pretty tasty. Different. Light. Reminiscent of nori, without a fishy taste. Yummy. I made a special trip to the store today to see if I could find some more since my mom and I ate it all in one sitting. but no such luck. I need to find some more! Hopefully our CSA boxes will have them in this next delivery!