The Kale Chip Fail

I decided to try kale chips for the first time last night since everyone in the Paleo community raves about them being a great substitute for the salty crunchiness you get from potato chips. Now let me tell you the story of how kale chips went over in my house:

Kale chips before going in the oven, then after. Everything looking good and I'm super excited........

J not terribly impressed with the look of the kale chips (I think he's afraid after the many things I have experimented on him with). But, he's willing to give it a try.

In his professional opinion: "needs more oil and salt." Ah, that face is one only a mother could love - I mean his wife wasn't loving him at the moment for the harsh shut down of her culinary skills. 

D thinks Daddy is funny for making weird faces. Look at how sweet, innocent and unsuspecting he is.. GUINEA PIG TIME!!!

You'd think I had just handed him some poop to eat. Actually, I think he has eaten poop with more gusto than he mustered for this kale chip. FAIL. <I have 2 dogs and with him being a second child I can't protect him from everything.......>

            

D deciding this was not what he wanted to consume at dinner time.

Trying to scrape all the kale chip off of his tongue and put it on the table. Good luck buddy!

L took a bite....... then spit it right back out on the table.

My impressions: I thought the kale chips were ok. They were more the consistency of like tissue paper that you use in present wrapping than a crunchy potato chip. I thought the taste was ok. Kind of like eating broccoli-flavored tissue paper that disintegrated in your mouth... Also, word to the wise: watch your gas after eating these babies.. your sweetheart may not want to snuggle too close that night.

D loved to play with the kale chips after he decided they were no good for consumption! YAY!! Make sure to clean them up right after dinner or they will cake and dry and make your cleaning life hell.