Happy Saint Patrick's Day, everybody! I've got the Irish blood, and I've always felt compelled to acknowledge this day with something green. When I was a little girl and had to wear a blue uniform, that meant wearing green ribbons in my hair. When I was a bit older and in public middle school, I made the possibly unfortunate choice of wearing a green mock turtleneck with my stonewashed Guess jeans. Oops.
Today I'll most likely wear black (because I pretty much always wear black), and the green will instead appear on my plate--in the form of kale chips. If you've never tried these, I hope you'll give them a shot, perhaps this afternoon or evening. They're not exactly the brightest of greens (as you can see in my photo here) but they taste fantastic. These chips are a super-healthy yet surprisingly addictive alternative to the potato kind. Not that I don't appreciate the mighty spud, mind you.
Saint Patrick's Day Kale Chips
serves two
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spread one layer of cleaned, chopped kale on a baking sheet. Drizzle with several tablespoons of olive oil and toss to coat. Roast kale for roughly 20 minutes, but keep an eye on it because you don't want it to burn, which will make it taste bitter. Once crispy and ever-so-slightly browned, remove from oven and toss with kosher salt. Serve immediately.
7 comments:
Yes, but what about the lucky charms? Did you have a bowl? ;)
Alas, I did not have a bowl of Lucky Charms this morning. Perhaps a Shamrock Shake later, though!
This sounds very good.I have been meaning to cook with kale. We are working ourselves through new greens (mustard greens were the last) so we will definitely try this recipe! Thank you Cath for always coming up with great new things for your readers to try!
FYI-
I had acupuncture this morning, and Marcus told me that now that we're in Spring, the season associated with the liver in Chinese medicine, we should be eating dark greens. So bring on the kale!
We made it tonight....toasted kale must be the simplest, most addictive side dish ever. This was my first time making it but it tasted familiar right away - I think I stumbled on how they make the grilled veggie skewers at L'Annam in NYC... How cool is that? SO good.
We made it tonight....toasted kale must be the simplest, most addictive side dish ever. This was my first time making it but it tasted familiar right away - I think I stumbled on how they make the grilled veggie skewers at L'Annam in NYC... How cool is that? SO good.
where are you? i miss your blogging.
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