Kale Chips

Kale is a veggie that's coming into it's own these days, a hot item in trendy restos and widely featured in foodie blogs. In fact, I think the foodie police will revoke your cultured taste buds if you don't have a go-to kale recipe. Kale rightly earns its praise by being highly nutritious, easy to cook, and supremely delicious. It stores well in the fridge and complements a wide variety of meals - I can find a way to add it to pretty much anything I'm making for dinner. This recipe is a super simple and very kid-friendly snack or side dish. I'll often add it on to a meal if it happens to have veggies the kids aren't into so I know at least they'll stuff their little faces with crispy kale chips.

Ingredients:

- handful of kale, stems removed and roughly chopped

- olive oil

- salt

Steps:

1. Use a paring knife to remove stems and slice into "chip-sized" pieces. This year we've grown black kale (left) and red Russian kale (right) and the latter's stems can be steamed until tender and eaten.