Weekly Buzz: Baked Kale Chips
October 20, 2011, By Jack Heffron 0 comments
"Honey, I'm feeling the need for a salty, crunchy snack. We got anything?"
"You just sit and relax, darling, and watch your game. I'll get busy. How about some baked kale chips?"
"Baked kale chips! How cow! You're the greatest, baby."
Sound familiar? Probably not even a little bit. You not only don't use such corny terms of endearment, you more than likely don't think of kale—chips or leaves—when you want a, well, ever.
But that might be changing, and this is not a commercial from the International Kale Council. You've probably heard that kale, a type of cabbage, is good for you—burly with nutrients, antioxidants and antiinflammatory carotenoids and flavanoids, ripped with the power to lower cholesterol and fight certain types of cancer. Packed with vitamins A, B6, C and K, kale is an excellent source of calcium, protein, iron, niacin, thiamin, riboflavin, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, copper, manganese and dietary fiber.
So kale is nutritious. it's good for you, yes. Very good for you. Experts have bestowed upon it that trendy and amorphous moniker of "superfood." Eat enough of it and you'll leap tall buildings in a single bound, or at least feel like you could.
Because many people are paying more attention to their health these days, kale, one of the healthiest things you can eat, finds itself enjoying some new attention. Pushed blushing into the spotlight, the humble cabbage also is attracting interest from chefs, who are cooking up new ways to make this superfood super-tasty.
One of the most popular? Kale chips. Really. People rave about the taste. And about the experience—a crunchy, delicious snack that won't make you fat or kill you. Try this kale chip recipe if you like a crispy crunch. If you enjoy snacks that are both salty and sweet, try this one, which includes brown sugar on top.
Whether you like your kale chips baked or roasted, salted or sprinkled with parmesan cheese, you can find a recipe for it online, followed by comments raving about the taste. If you're struggling to kick the pork rinds and cheese puffs habit, kale chips could be your way to better health, even if you have to make them yourself. If you don't have the time, inclination or a wife like the one in the opening scene, you can buy them here at Brad's Raw Chips, which, according to the product description, include kale, carrots, flax seeds, sprouted buckwheat and groats.
Groats...mmmmmm...groats.....
Jack Heffron is the managing editor Man of the House and Barefoot Proximity employee.
Photo Credit: Steamy Kitchen
