I looooooove chips! I can skip any meal and eat chips instead, but my better half keeps me from doing just that! I would go in spurts obsessing over a flavour and lately, I’m hooked on President’s Choice poutine chips! Here’s the thing though, I know chips, chocolate, candy and all are supposed to be treats and should be eaten on occasion only, but sometimes I just need to fulfill my chip craving. And honestly, who am I am kidding, I can’t eat a bag of chips anymore and burn it off like I did when I was younger! So I’ve found a good compromise. Well, I can’t even say it’s a compromise really because the difference in nutritional value of potato chips v. kale chips is astronomical. Our household has not moved on from kale kraze even though the whole world is now into some other super food. We just love kale and we use kale in our smoothies, as a side dish and of course, we make it into chips! Kale chips are so easy to make and it’s a good way to get your greens specially if you have a picky eater at home. So, if you are like me and have to satisfy your chip craving once in a while, try out this cheesy kale chips recipe:
- 1 bunch kale
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 tablespoon of nutritional yeast
- Preheat oven to 300F and line two rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Remove the kale leaves from the stems and roughly tear the leaves into large pieces.
- Wash and spin the leaves until the leaves are completely dry (this is essential for your chips to be crispy).
- Add the kale leaves, and olive oil in a large bowl and massage the olive oil until each kale is fully coated in oil.
- Spread out the kale leaves on your baking sheets in a single layer. Make sure the baking sheets are not overcrowded.
- Sprinkle the nutritional yeast over the kale leaves. Add more if you want them to be extra cheesy.
- Bake in the oven for 10 minutes. Then rotate the pan and bake for another 10-12 minutes. Remove from the oven when the kale chips have shrunken and are crispy.
- Let the chips on the sheets cool on a wire rack before eating.
What is nutritional yeast you ask? ( I get it, it doesn’t sound so tasty, but trust me it’s a good sub for cheese). Click on these links blog.fatfreevegan.com and mindbodygreen.com to know more about the benefits and uses of nutritional yeast.
Ah, nutritional yeast…been meaning to try it! Love kale chips, so very interested to taste this recipe! 🙂
i am sure you will love the nutritional yeast! thanks!
This is great! I love salty, savory snacks … but chips can be soooooo bad for you! Not these, though! I’m a huge kale fan, too, so there are perfect!
glad to hear yo like kale! have a good rest of the week!
never made this but would love to give this recipe a try!! xoxo
let us know if it turns out well for you!
Chips are my weakness, too. I usually buy kale chips, but I really should just make it myself at home using this recipe!
Hi Bianca ! We were buying them too but for $7 for a small bag, it was just too pricey for us ! To be honest, I have been trying to perfect kale chips for a while and this batch was the best one for,sure !
Great idea using the nutritional yeast on these. These are so much healthier than regular potato chips. I love to try these 😀
Hi Cindy ! We have only ever used nutritional yeast for kale chips and we love it! If you,have any tips and tricks feel,free to share:)
Great idea, love this!
Hi Suzanne! Always appreciate you,stopping by ! Really, thanks so much 🙂
Looks delicious! Such a healthy way to get your chip fix… I’m so going to have to try them 🙂
Hi,Laura ! These chips are.a good compromise ! Haha don’t get me wrong, I still need (want) my potato chips once in a awhile !
What a clever idea to use nutritional yeast on the kale chips. I’d be happy!
Hello Maureen ! If you have any other tips on using nutritional yeast let us know pls ! We’d love to use it more on other things !
Wow, I need to try this! Thanks!
ela h.
Hi ela ! Let us know how you like it if you get to try it ! And thanks for stopping by 🙂
Those look delicious! Love kale chips. 🙂
Great! Glad to hear you are also a kale chips fan!