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Default Baked Kale?

On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 16:35:17 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

>On Jul 6, 2:48*pm, Becca > wrote:
>> A young friend says she bakes kale to make chips. *Has anybody tried this?
>>
>> "Buy a big bunch of kale, rip it into bite sized chunks, drizzle about a
>> tsp of olive oil and a pinch of kosher salt, bake at 350 for 10-15 mins.
>> They are crunchy, tasty, and best of all they're vegetables. Very good
>> for you! I'm a big snacker so things like this work for me."
>>
>> Becca

>
>Yes - this is easy and very tasty, but I wonder how much of the
>nutrients are wrecked in the baking. If you're going to make it,
>sprinkle on a lot of garlic powder instead of the salt.


Baking it would pretty much destroy a lot of the nutritional value,
then again - they'd still be a much better thing to have than some
crappy store bought potato chips.