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Baked Kale Chips

I loooove movie night. Making really yummy snacks, chilling out in pajamas and watching a good movie...doesn’t get much better than that. It was my turn to pick a movie so I chose Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, a movie I’ve always wanted to see but hadn’t yet. I decided to make some crunchy kale chips and sweet potato fries for us to snack on. The snacks and the movie were both really good! Movie night turned into a double feature after seeing Katherine Ross in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It made me want to put on one of my favorite movies, The Graduate. The sweet potato fries and kale chips are super easy to make for movie night or any other time you’re craving a delicious snack.

Ready to go in the oven.

Kale Chips

Makes 1 big bowl of chips

Ingredients:

1 bunch of kale

Olive oil, for tossing

2 tablespoons nutritional yeast

1 teaspoon sea salt

Preparation:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. 
• Wash and throughly dry kale. 
• With a knife, cut the middle stem off of the kale leaves. Then cut leaves into smaller chip-sized pieces. 
• Put kale into large bowl and drizzle with olive oil, toss with hands. Add nutritional yeast and sea salt, toss again until all leaves are evenly coated. 
• Lay kale evenly on the parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Put in oven and bake for about 10-12 minutes, or until edges are slightly browned.
• Allow 5 minutes for cooling and remove with a spatula. Chips should be light and crisp. 

Spicy Sweet Potato Fries

Makes about 4 servings

Don't forget the parchment paper like I did!

Ingredients:

2 medium-sized sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced into 1/2 inch wide strips 

Olive oil, for tossing

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 tablespoon salt

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl coat sweet potatoes with olive oil, not so they are swimming in oil, just enough to coat. Add cayanne pepper and sea salt. Toss with hands until all fries are evenly coated.
• Place evenly on a single layer of the cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes, then flip the fries. Put back in oven for another 10 minutes or so (depending on how crispy you like them, leave in a little longer if you like them crispier) until golden brown. Let cool 5-10 minutes and serve.