Spinach Chips

This year, my family and I were gifted a half-share in a CSA.  For those not familiar with what a CSA is, it stands for Community Supported Agriculture.  You pay in for a full or half share and then whatever they harvest, is divided between those that have shares.  So far, we have received a lot of salad greens!!  I'm the only one that likes them so I've been eating lots of salads.  Last week we also received some spinach, which can obviously be added to salads but I wanted to try something different.  I searched on Pinterest for spinach and found this recipe for spinach chips.  I have heard of kale chips so I was intrigued to try these.

Start by covering a baking sheet in foil.

2 cups of spinach

Coated in oil and seasoned with Italian seasoning and salt

Baked at 325 for 8 mins.  Let set for 2 mins.

Official Opinion:  They were tasty.  Very flavorful.  Some of the spinach leaves I had were very large so I'm thinking they should have baked longer because they didn't get very crispy.  I ate almost the whole batch myself because no one else wanted them and that was almost too much.  There were a few left this morning  so I tried a couple and they still tasted very good but were not as crispy as last night.  I think this would be a good recipe to make a small batch for a snack in the evening but not to make large batches at a time.

Ingredients

	Spinach leaves	2 Cup (32 tbs) (big, healthy looking leaves)
	Extra virgin olive oil	1 Tablespoon (as reqired)
	Italian seasoning blend	To Taste
	Salt	To Taste

 

Directions

GETTING READY
1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Line a baking sheet with foil. Set aside.
MAKING
3. In a bowl, put the spinach leaves. Put olive oil and mix it well without breaking or tearing the leaves.
4. Sprinkle salt and Italian blend and mix well till all leaves are coated.
5. Take the foil lined baking sheet and arrange the leaves in a single layer without any overlaps.
6. Bake in the oven for 8 minutes. Remove from the oven and let it sit on the baking sheet for another 2 minutes.
7. Using a spatula, transfer them into a bowl or plate.
SERVING
8. In a serving bowl or plate, serve the spinach chips with a nice dip and a refreshing beverage.

TIPS
Make them in batches. Do not overcrowd the baking sheet. Every leaf should be exposed to the heat.

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