Baked Kale Chips

Ingredients:

    1 bunch kale

    1 tablespoon olive oil

    1 teaspoon seasoned salt

Directions:

1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a non insulated cookie sheet with parchment paper.
2. With a knife or kitchen shears carefully remove the leaves from the thick stems and tear into bite size pieces. Wash and thoroughly dry kale with a salad spinner. Drizzle kale with olive oil and sprinkle with seasoning salt.
3. Bake until the edges brown but are not burnt, 10 to 15 minutes.
4. Serve.

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Banana chips

Ingredients:

• 5 Raw Saba Bananas  (peeled)
• Oil for deep-frying
• Salt to taste
• Brown Sugar (for sweetened chips)

Directions:

1. Easily peel the bananas and put it in salted iced water.
2. Chop the bananas thinly, around half a millimeter to one millimeter each slice.
3. Keep in water for 10 minutes and then drain out water completely.
4. Transfer to a kitchen cloth to remove the moisture.
5. Heat oil till it starts fuming.
6. Deep-fry the slices till almost crisp. Add few slices at a time.
7. Prepare paste of 1/2 tsp water and 1/4 tsp salt.
8. Add this paste to oil. This will make the slices crispier.
9. Repeat the procedure for remaining slices.
10. Drain the chips on an absorbent paper.
11. Cool and store them in an airtight container.
12. If you want to make the sweetened kind, instead of salt in step 7., soak in your prepared sugar solution for around two to three minutes. Drain well in your colander.
13. Fry again in cooking oil until golden brown or when the bubbling ceases. Drain, and cool in trays with absorbent paper. Keep in sealed jars or plastic bags.

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

    1 cup butter, softened
    1 cup white sugar
    1 cup packed brown sugar
    2 eggs
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    3 cups all-purpose flour
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    2 teaspoons hot water
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
    1 cup chopped walnuts

 Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 °F (175 °C).
2. Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt. Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts. Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased pans.
3. Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.

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