Healthy Easy Recipe for BBQ Kale Chips in Oven
There are a couple of magical ingredients in this healthy easy recipe that give it tremendous flavor. My BBQ Kale Chips start with a piquant spice rub combined with macadamia nuts to provide luscious fat and great texture that’s rounded out with nutritional yeast, which adds a cheesy zing.
Healthy Low Carb Snacks
While we love any and all kale chips, we find that this recipe for low carb Barbecue Kale Chips yields an especially crispy, crunchy, keto snack. With just one taste, it’s goodbye high carb, processed potato chips, hello healthy kale chips!
How to Prepare Kale
See those little hands above? They belong to my older son – I took that photo when he was 8 years old, and I was teaching him How to Prepare Kale. I still remember that day like it was a minute ago, even though he is now in his mid-twenties.
How to Massage Kale
After we prepped the kale, washing and spinning it dry, I taught him how to massage the olive oil into it, which is as intuitive as it sounds.
What is Roasted Kale?
Wondering what’s the difference between kale chips and roasted kale? Kale chips are a form of roasted kale, but kale chips have added seasoning.
Kale Chips Baked in Oven
I bake my kale chips in the oven because it’s quick, healthy, and easy. I’ve been to restaurants that deep fry their kale chips. I’m not a fan of this for two reasons. First, deep fried foods can be a little taxing on the liver; second, if you’re frying at home, the mess is unparalleled. All in all, kale chips that are baked, not fried, are far easier to make and healthier too!
Salt and Vinegar Kale Chips Baked
Looking for more kale chips baked in the oven? Try my Salt and Vinegar Kale Chips recipe. If you love salt and vinegar potato chips but follow the SCD (also known as the Specific Carbohydrate Diet), Salt and Vinegar Kale Chips are for you.
Healthier Foods to Eat: Kale
Kale is high in fiber and antioxidants, as well as the following nutrients:
- Calcium
- Vitamin A
- B Complex
- Vitamin C
- Potassium
Did you know that ounce for ounce kale is higher in calcium than milk? This leafy green vegetable has around 250mg of calcium per 100g, while milk has around 110mg per 100g.
