Kale chips = Vegetable and 1/4 TBSP healthy fat per serving
The one thing that I craved the entire first few days of this diet was chips. Not sure why because I don't even eat them that often, but for some reason all I could think about was eating something salty and crunchy. Then the answer came to me like a beam of light from the sky (well, sort of) I saw someone post on the 17 day diet facebook page about Kale chips. As soon as I saw them I knew I needed to make them!!! Friday when my hubby and I went grocery shopping I bought two bunches of kale, and started looking for a recipe online.
This is the recipe I used as a template. First I filled my sink with cool water and soaked my two bunches of kale for about ten minutes, then I made sure each leaf was clean by rubbing them under the water with my hand and making sure it was rinsed in between all the folds. I dried them with a few paper towels and then peeled the leaves off the stem. I put them into a big bowl, drizzled them with 1 TBSP olive oil and used my hands to massage in the oil and make sure they were coated well. The I laid them on a ookie sheet, in a single layer, and sprinkled them with season salt. I did not measure just eyeballed it.
The original recipe says to bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes but I found that by following that, the curly edges of the kale were getting crispy and browned too fast, and the middle flat part of the leaf was still soft and bitter (kale is bitter when raw but looses most/all of that when crisped up properly) so I turned the oven down to 300 degrees and baked them for 17-18 minutes and they were perfect. Crispy through and through.
One serving is about 1/4 of the final product. They shrink when they bake so it will be less than what you started with.
One serving is about 1/4 of the final product. They shrink when they bake so it will be less than what you started with.
I loved them, Jeremy (my husband) loved them. My mom and dad (who are also doing the diet) loved them. I give them a standing ovation.
For some reason my 15 month old is currently avoiding most vegetables as if they were infested with the plague but he seemed to think these were great so if you have kids that you have a hard time getting veggies into you might want to try them ;)
I lost 39 pounds so far on the 17 day diet.
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Peanut Butter Banana Shake