i could just kale for some chips right now

So I know that I am a little late to the culinary scene here but I have never tried kale chips.  I have never purchased them.  I have never cooked them.  I don't think I have even eaten kale ever.

But all the foodies and health nuts combined have been freaking out about kale chips for the past forever or so and I have to admit I was very curious.  I have been wanting to try them for quite a while so when I saw this gigantic bag of pre-cut and washed Kale at the grocery store for $2.50 I just couldn't pass it up.

I brought my giant bag of kale home expecting Dave and I to be eating leafy greens for a year at least.  Only half of the bag fit onto my baking sheet and even then space was limited.  I poured over a few teaspoons of olive oil and way more salt than I needed. (I really was expecting this amount of kale to produce more servings.)

How much salt did I add you ask?  Oh, about ten sharsh-fuls. (When my brother was a kid a "sharsh" meant a little bit.  Sorry but that is as close to measuring ingredients as I get.)

I put these in the oven at 375 degrees and forgot to set a timer so Dave and I checked every few minutes.  I would say they were in there for a sharsh-ful of minutes.  Just kidding.  It was probably ten to fifteen.

And they shrank!

What had once been a massive pile of leafy roughage shriveled up into mere scraps of wilted leaves.  This made them so salty but so good.  I will pay for this when I weigh tomorrow morning and my body has retained every once of liquid I drink tonight.

So basically everyone was right to be ranting and raving about kale chips.  They are delicious.  For a while there I forgot they were vegetables and thought I was munching on Lay's potato chips. (Just kidding!  As tasty as they were I never mistook them for actual potato chips.  Looooooooooool!)

When I make these again I will also make a few changes.  Pre-washed and cut kale in a bag was so convenient but the stems were left on them and gave them a pungent bitter flavor that I did not care for.  I found myself eating around the floppy stems.  I think I would try purchasing whole kale leaves and stripping the stems myself.  They would not be that hard to wash and probably are cheaper.  Secondly, I would use way less salt.  They were delightfully savory but I could sense my arteries screaming, "Stop the madness!  Too much!!!"

Kale chips have been labeled a "Robertson Repeat" in our house and will definitely make their way onto the menu again!