Meatless Monday's... Kale Chips!

So last week while looking up recipes for green juices i randomly remembered how tasty the kale chips i had were at an event at Elizabeth's Gone Raw over a year ago. Not wanting to pay $7 for a small bag at whole foods i decided to google kale chip recipes and stumbled upon a recipe from Kath Eats Real Food. I made a few personal modifications and came out with this...

It may not look like it from the picture but they actually do come out of the oven crispy and do kind of crunch like potato chips (really, tasty, way better for you potato chips). But i am getting a head of myself here... let me give you Kath Eat's recipe and i will also give you notes on my personal modifications.

• Preheat oven to about 375* Yup, this is what i did. 
• Use about 1 OXO salad spinner’s worth of kale (which was a stuffed grocery store veggie bag). Tear the leaves off the thick stems into bite size pieces. Spread out on cookie sheets. I don't have a salad spinner so i just tore off enough leaves till it filled a regular sized cookie pan. 
• Drizzle with about 2 tsp of olive oil I wound up using about 1 tablespoon of coconut oil. I like the taste better. 
• Sprinkle with Parmesan, Asiago or your seasonings of choice. Plus a sprinkle of kosher salt. In the particular batch that i have pictured i sprinkled it with chili powder, minced garlic, parmesan cheese, and sea salt. Very tasty...
• Bake for about 15 minutes, until edges are brown and kale is crispy when moved in pan. Maybe it's just my oven but i usually wind up baking them for about 17 minutes. I also like my mine extra krispy.

Often times a pan of kale chips and a fresh green juice winds up being my dinner after a long day at work (not the best i know but the combo is just so darn tasty and satisfying). I've also had a lot of fun trying different combinations of toppings for my kale chips (which i hope to share with you guys on future meatless mondays provided they actually turn out well and taste good). 

Speaking of, im actually out of kale and now have a hankering for them just by writing about them. If any of you try out this recipe let me know how it turns out for you. Or if you come up with an awesome combination of seasoning let me know that too!

Toddles!

P.S. PureGlow16 has an awesome section on her blog about different vegan and raw vegan recipes that i  highly recommend.