Sweet and Savory Roasted Kale

Kale is so freaking good for you... I love it! It's full of vitamins and minerals that are awesome for living a healthy lifestyle and losing weight. It has a slightly bitter taste with a very hard stem, just like collard and mustard greens. I highly highly suggest adding this amazing vegetable to your weekly shopping list! It is also kind of tough raw, just like it's fellow greens. Roasting or steaming Kale is the easiest way to cook and consume it. Ever wonder just what is so amazing about Kale? Here are some fun facts:

• Naturally detoxes the liver
• High in antioxidants
• Anti-inflammatory
• Fights Cancer
• Lowers Cholesterol
• Full of vitamins and minerals

Today, we roast our Kale! I used honey and Nutritional/Brewers Yeast as the flavoring. Most of you have never heard of Nutritional/Brewers Yeast before.Vegans will use N/BY a lot for flavoring instead of butter. It has a nutty and buttery taste. N/BY is also very good for you! Here are just some of it's healthy benefits:

• High protein
• Aids in weight loss
• Lowers blood sugar levels
• Lowers bad cholesterol (LDL)
• Helps with skin problems such as acne and boils
• Good source of Vitamin B
• Fights infections like the common cold
• DO NOT USE if you are on any sort of anti-depression medicine

All that being said, I'm sure you would like the recipe...

Sweet and Savory Roasted Kale
1 bunch of Kale

2 TBS olive oil

2 TBS Organic/Raw Honey (warmed up)

2 TBS Brewers/Nutritional Yeast

Pinch of salt

Here's the plan:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Wash your greens very very well, dry, and remove the hard stems. Tear your kale into lettuce size pieces and put in a large baggie. Drizzle olive oil, B/NY, and honey over kale in bag, zip, and shake the snot out of it, coating the leaves evenly. Get out your cookie sheet and cover it with parchment paper. Pour out kale and evenly spread on the paper and sprinkle pinch of salt on top. Place in oven and cook for about 12-15 minutes, or until kale is crispy. Let cool for about 5 minutes and DEVOUR:-)

My prayer for you is to live a FIT, FABULOUS, and HEALTHY LIFE:-)

-SLR