Appetizer for 5

Cheesy Kale Chips

Name: Cheesy Kale Chips
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 10 oz chopped kale leaves; 2 tbsp grape seed; 1/4 cup raw cashews; 2 tbsp raw or roasted sunflower seeds; 5 1/2 tbsp nutritional yeast; 1/4 tsp each salt + black pepper; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 healthy pinch cayenne pepper (optional)

$5.86for 425 minServes 5

Kale leaves bake with oil and a savory cashew, seed, and nutritional yeast coating until crisp.

Photo: minimalistbaker.com

What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Kale, 1.25$2.49 each typical	1.25	$3.11Typical price
	Grapes, a little$2.49/lb typical	a little	$0.10Typical price
	Nuts and seeds, 1.75 oz$0.70/oz typical	1.75 oz	$1.18Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$7.33

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Typical price

$1.47 per serving$5.86 for 4

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Ingredients

10 oz chopped kale leaves
2 tbsp grape seed
1/4 cup raw cashews
2 tbsp raw or roasted sunflower seeds
5 1/2 tbsp nutritional yeast
1/4 tsp each salt + black pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
1 healthy pinch cayenne pepper (optional)

Steps

Heat the oven to 300 F and line a large baking sheet with parchment if available.
Grind the cashews and sunflower seeds into a coarse meal, then stir in nutritional yeast, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and cayenne.
Toss the kale with the grapeseed oil and the seasoning mixture until evenly coated.
Spread the kale in one layer on the baking sheet.
Bake for 20 minutes, stirring halfway through, until the leaves are dry and crisp.
Cool the kale chips for 2 minutes before eating.