Tastefully Tuesday Recipe: Kale Chips

One thing I am looking forward to about coming off the road is being able to try out different recipe's and share them on here with you all! Today I thought I would start by giving you a sample of some healthy and delicious kale chips. It seems like this time last year is when kale became all the rave on every social media sight and I'll admit, I did not try it out till a few months ago but now I am hooked. Since then I have made kale chips several different ways but today I can share with you the one I feel is personally the best!

Ingredients//
Fresh Kale
Salt
Olive Oil

1// Wash and dry the amount of kale you plan on using

2// Pre-heat oven to 275 degrees

3// Tear apart the kale into 1-2 inch pieces and lay them flat on a cookie sheet

4// Drizzle the desired amount of olive oil over each kale chip

5// Sprinkle desired amount of salt onto the chips

6// Bake for 10 minutes at 275 degrees

7// After 10 minutes, take kale chips out of the oven and turn them over to the other side

8// Place back in the oven and continue baking for another 10 minutes

9// After a total of 20 minutes (10 minutes on each side) the kale chips are ready to be tossed in a bowl and served!

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Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Dip

Happy Sunday friends! If you live on the east coast I hope you've been able to stay dry through this "rain train" that is sweeping over our states. And no, I'm not clever enough to dub it "rain train", just heard the weather man call it that :-) Any who, if you read my link-up on Friday, you saw that I had a Christmas party to attend Friday night and had yet to make my dip. Well, today I'm here to share with you my recipe for this quick (less than 25 minutes) buffalo chicken dip that I ended up taking! 

[INGREDIENTS NEEDED]

24 oz. of chicken (You can use fresh or canned chicken. Normally I use fresh but since I was in a rush on Friday I used my dear friends over at Tyson and trusted their canned white chicken.)

16 oz. of cream cheese

3/4 cup of hot sauce

1 cup of ranch dressing

2 cups of mild cheddar cheese 

[RECIPE MAKES: around 20 servings]

[STEPS]

1) Drain 24 oz. of chicken from cans and cut/shred into small pieces. (Don't worry if you still have some pretty big pieces as they will cook down just a little bit in the pan.) Place the chicken in a medium sized sauce pan.

2) Add 3/4 cup of hot sauce into the pan with the chicken. Turn your stove on medium heat and stir until heated throughout.

3) Add 16 oz. of cream cheese into the pan and stir until completely melted. (Hint: cut your cream cheese into small chunks like I've done here to help it melt quicker!)

4) Add in 1 cup of ranch dressing and stir until blended throughout. 

5) Add 2 cups of cheddar cheese and stir continually until the cheese is completely melted. 

6) Place your buffalo chicken dip in the crock pot placed on low heat to keep warm till served.

7) Serve with chips, bread, or your favorite dipping item! Enjoy :-)