Kale chips are delicious and definitely much better for you than potato chips. Kale is one of the most nutrient dense vegetables of all, it is very high in beta-carotene, Vitamin A, Vitamin K, calcium, and much more. We are pretty much never short on kale here in Minnesota, it's available fresh from early spring until after frost in the late fall (it actually tastes sweeter in the colder weather). And it freezes very well, so we eat kale all year long.
KALE CHIPS:
-1 bunch of kale
-1-2 Tbsp oil
-plenty of salt and pepper
1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2) Remove the stems from the kale leaves and discard, then roughly chop the leaves.
3) Place the chopped leaves on a cookie sheet and drizzle with 1-2 Tbsp of oil, plenty of salt, and a bit of pepper. Stir the combination with your hands to make sure the leaves are all oiled.
4) Heat in the over for 8-12 minutes, open the over door and shake once or twice during cooking time. They are done when kind of crispy.
**Enjoy fresh from the oven, they also keep for up to 2 weeks in an airtight container in a cupboard.
KALE CHIPS:
-1 bunch of kale
-1-2 Tbsp oil
-plenty of salt and pepper
1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2) Remove the stems from the kale leaves and discard, then roughly chop the leaves.
3) Place the chopped leaves on a cookie sheet and drizzle with 1-2 Tbsp of oil, plenty of salt, and a bit of pepper. Stir the combination with your hands to make sure the leaves are all oiled.
4) Heat in the over for 8-12 minutes, open the over door and shake once or twice during cooking time. They are done when kind of crispy.
**Enjoy fresh from the oven, they also keep for up to 2 weeks in an airtight container in a cupboard.
Blueberries in the bags are going straight into the freezer
Last week almost 2 tons of blueberries were delivered to the co-op. They are IPM Blueberries from Michigan. IPM stands for Integrated Pest Management, it is common for berry and apple producers that grow sustainably to follow this practice, essentially they are dedicated to organic and sustainable farming measures but will only apply pesticides where absolutely necessary to prevent the loss of an entire crop. So, they are Michigan blueberries but in just a couple of years we will have a U-Pick blueberry farm in Northfield! Here's the blog for Little Hill Berry Farm, our friends Molly and Aaron are operating it and this is their first year, kudos to them, it's A LOT of work! So, for this year, we bought 20 pounds of Michigan blueberries from the co-op and froze over 15 pounds of them, it came to about 6 freezer bags 1/2 full of berries. Let's hope this lasts us the year (it's going to be tough, we LOVE blueberries). We also dehydrated a couple of pounds to be used for some future blueberry home-made granol