KALE CHIPS

We were eating Wasabi Seaweed Snacks this week and the taste of seaweed is not our favorite but super healthy. A healthy snack to make yourself. This is so easy and very good for you. A good way to eat a lot of kale. Kale is a belly fat blast. Kale will help reduce belly fat.

Tear leaves into one inch pieces off washed kale stems. The stems are too thick to toast.
Rinse kale leaves, use a salad spinneror towel dry them really good.

                        Then place in bowl and toss with olive oil and sea salt.

Place on a baking sheet and spread them out. You do not want them on top of each other. However, they will be overlapping a bit since the leaves are curly.

                             Bake at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes.

Remove the crispy kale and put the softer leaves back into the oven for only a minute or two. They will cook fast. I prefer them a little softer than too crispy, You might not like that burnt taste.

Delish snack instead of an unhealthy one.

                                Even the kids will like them. Enjoy and eat right away, they do no save well.

ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH LASAGNA

PUREE THE ROASTED SQUASH WITH EGGS & SPICES

USE BUTTERNUT SQUASH

USE OVEN READY LASAGNA NOODLES

LAYER WITH COTTAGE CHEESE AND ROASTED SQUASH

TOP WITH MOZZARELLA

THE COMPLETED LASAGNA

MADE SOME MUSHROOM RISOTTO TO GO WITH IT.

SERVED WITH SAUTEED GREEN BEANS AND ALMONDS

Roasted Butternut Lasagna:

Slice and peel & de seed one large butternut squash enough to cover a large baking sheet.

drizzle olive oil,garlic powder salt and pepper. Bake at 350 for 30-40 min. until tender.

Remove and cool

Roasted squash

2 eggs
two heaping TBSP sour cream
salt pepper
1 garlic clove
1 tsp sage
pinch of nutmeg
1 cup cream or milk (consistency should be like a creamy soup) add water if needed to thin it a bit if it seems too thick.
layer:
Butternut mixture first then oven ready lasagna noodles (i use the whole box and break them to make them fit. one layer right to left, next layer top to bottom. so it holds the casserole together better.
and ricotta or cottage cheese (I used small curd low fat cottage cheese, the whole tub.) I would have used ricotta if I had some.
1 layer of shredded mozzarella cheese in middle
alternate layers
mozzarella over the top(fresh Parmesan would taste good too.)
bake at 350 for 60-70 minutes covered with lid or foil.
My lasagna was a little dry to make sure you have a lot of the butternut puree mixture and drizzle a couple of TBSP of water over it when you check it if it seems dry.

Process in food processor: 

In 8x8 or square casserole dish

test noodles with a knife to make sure they are done. Check it half way through the cooking time to make sure its not too dry.