Roasted Kale

This roasted kale recipe is so easy to make that you may have a hard time believing that it is good for you.

What may reinforce that thought is when your kids ask you to make it again. And again.

Use chopped baby kale for this roasted kale recipe.

Roasted Kale

If you read Platter Talk regularly, you probably have tuned into the fact that we are not exactly health food fanatics.

You likely also know that we are not necessarily opposed to promoting healthy eating and in fact, every once in a while we sneak in a good-for-you recipe or food idea.

To be fair, we have made quite a few  healthy recipes in the past and some have even featured kale.  And so it was, a few weeks ago when we made this delicious Winter Garden Vegetable Soup.

Winter Garden Vegetable Soup, Garnished with Roasted Kale

The soup recipe uses just a handful of different vegetables, including kale.

I had so much of the dark, green and leafy power food leftover that I decided to try something new to me. Enter, this Roasted Kale Recipe and be still my beating heart.

In This Roasted Kale Recipe

• Chopped baby kale
• Fresh garlic slices
• Kosher salt
• Extra-virgin olive oil
• Aged balsamic vinegar

Learn this easy oven method of how to prepare kale.

Using the leftover chopped baby kale, I tossed it in some olive oil, added some fresh garlic slices and kosher salt and then roasted it in a hot oven. All slathered in an aged balsamic vinegar.

The results were stunningly delicious. Crispy, sweet and green, it was almost inconceivable that this Roasted Kale Recipe is also good for you.

As a plus, for the Winter Garden Soup that we put together, it made for an excellent garnish, instead of bread or crackers.

Get your healthy green on, with this Roasted Kale Recipe.

Make this flavorful kale recipe in just 20 minutes.

Wondering how to prepare kale? How about one of these:

• Steamed Kale
• Toasted Cheese Sandwich with Kale, Caramelized Onions, and Fennel
• Kale and Egg Bruschetta
• Quinoa and Kale Stuffed Squash
• Baked Egg and Portabella with Braised Kale

More Great Roasted Vegetable Recipes:

• Honey Balsamic Roasted Brussels Sprouts from Kevin is Cooking
• Oven-Roasted Carrots from Bunny’s Warm Oven
• Roasted Parmesan Green Beans from Skinny Taste

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Roasted Kale Recipe

A new way of how to cook kale that even your kids will love. Check out this kale recipe from Platter Talk!

Course Salad, Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword healthy, kale, vegan, vegetarian

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 87 kcal

Author Dan from Platter Talk

Ingredients

• 2 cups baby kale chopped
• 2 cloves garlic thin slice
• 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 pinch kosher salt to taste
• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar qulaity aged

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
   

2. Toss first four ingredients together in a mixing bowl. Spread mixture, in a single layer, on a large rimmed baking sheet. Slather with balsamic vinegar.
   

3. Roast in hot oven for 10 to 15 minutes, until kale begins to crisp. Remove from oven and serve immediately.
   

Recipe Notes

Midway through the roasting process, you may want to toss and rearrange the mixture on the baking sheet.

Serve as a snack, garnish, or delicious warm side dish or salad.

Nutrition Facts

Roasted Kale Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 87 Calories from Fat 63

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 7g 11%

Saturated Fat 1g 5%

Sodium 24mg 1%

Potassium 173mg 5%

Total Carbohydrates 4g 1%

Sugars 1g

Protein 1g 2%

Vitamin A 66.9%

Vitamin C 49.3%

Calcium 5.3%

Iron 3.1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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