Baby Kale Chips

Like regular kale chips weren't good enough, now we need baby kale chips!

Well, actually, they're pretty good so let's not let their immaturity get in the way of some deliciousness.

Here are the details:

5-6 oz baby kale leaves
2 tablespoons pistachio nut oil
1/2 teaspoon nutritional yeast
1/2 teaspoon flaxseeds
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Oil spray
Salt and pepper to taste

Preheat the oven to 350

Toss the kale in the oil, add the rest of the seasonings and toss again.

Spray two cookie sheets with oil.  Spread the leaves evenly over the cookie sheets and bake for about 40 minutes.

Now, try not to eat them all yourself.  I dare you.

Vanilla Pistachio Nut Butter

Today I'm messing around with pistachios because I have a big container of them so why not...I mean besides the fact that they are terribly expensive, even here in California, the land of the pistachio.  Also, these are already shelled which kind of makes my imagination run wild.

Nut butter is the obvious choice but I wanted something a little more daring so I added vanilla bean seeds.

1 1/2 cup roasted pistachios
2 vanilla beans scraped and the shell discarded
salt to taste (if you buy them already roasted and salted you probably won't need to add any salt)


Blend all of the ingredients in your food processor until the nuts take on a buttery consistency.  This may take a while and you may need to scrape the sides once or twice.

I made a few small sandwiches for little miss picky pants and she demanded seconds so that's saying something...this is a keeper.