Kale Chips - You Can't Eat Just One!

My new favorite scrumption: kale chips. This is also one of the easiest things you can make. It's so simple and so good and it gives you a full serving of energizing, nutritious, and low calorie greens!

Here's the process: preheat the oven to 350F, wash and dry kale stems, then cut the leaves from the stems and throw out the stems. Place the leaves in a large bowl and toss with a little olive oil. Spread the kale out on a cookie sheet and sprinkle with a little salt.

Next bake them for about 15 minutes (maybe a little more) on the top rack until they are dry and crispy. They'll look like this:

Isn't it funny how they shrink?

Now just put them in a bowl and they're ready to eat! I eat these with lunch instead of chips. Here's my latest snack:

 Berry smoothie, peanut butter on sprouted toast, and kale chips. Perfectly scrumptious!!

Homemade Peanut Butter

Homemade peanut butter is literally the easiest thing you can possibly make. Literally, you just put unsalted peanuts in a food processor and turn it on.

That's it! I promise there's nothing else to it! When it starts, it is loud because the peanuts are still dry. As it spins, the peanuts release their oils and become creamy. It'll follow the blade around in a clump when it's just about done.

Here's my latest batch:

The only thing I recommend is that you watch the consistency, because you can get it as smooth or somewhat crunchy as you want. I like the above consistency where it's not super smooth, but if I let it keep running it would get that creamy look to it. If you like chunks of peanuts in your butter, add them in at the end by folding them in with a spoon.

Remember, you can make your own nut butter with this same method with any type of nut!