Celebrate National Kale Day 10/2/2013! And Eat More Kale Chips!
Next Wednesday, October 2, 2013, marks the first National Kale Day. Started by psychiatrist and farmer Drew Ramsey, MD and Chef Jennifer Iserloh, this day is a celebration of kale as one part of a healthy diet and foundation for a happy and healthy life. I love the idea, so I have joined the movement and am putting on an all-kale cooking class next Wednesday. If you happen to be in the San Francisco Bay Area, please join me!
But if you want to get straight to the kale chips, I don’t blame you. Last year, these chips became my family’s latest snack craze. We love leafy greens in general, but it is amazing what a transformation kale undergoes when heated at low temperature in the oven– less like a good-for-you green vegetable, more like a potato chip. My kids can devour an entire head of kale prepared this way in five minutes flat. And unlike potato chips, kale retains its nutritional value when made into chips. Kale is getting a lot of attention for being the most nutrient dense food under the recently popularized ANDI scoring system. (Nutrient-dense foods are those foods that provide substantial amounts of vitamins and minerals and relatively few calories.) Kale is high in fiber, antioxidants, vitamin A and calcium, as well as B vitamins, vitamin C and potassium. It’s fat and sodium free, and the minuscule amounts of olive oil and salt in my kale chips recipe barely bumps those amounts.
Love kale chips, to celebrate National Kale Day I’m going to make a batch!
Excellent! You may also want to check out #NationalKaleDay on Twitter to see what it’s all about. Let me know what flavor you make and thanks for visiting!
Woo Hoo! I’m a couple of days late but I’ll do what I can to pamper and celebrate my lovely kale, the hardest working ingredient in my fridge! And will finally take the plunge and make kale chips. thanks for recipe!
Cool, thanks for sharing the link. I do like the sound of that Kale dance party !