BAKED KALE CHIPS

Everyone is talking about how good kale chips are. Even on the doctors I think they were talking about them. I do know that they ae good for eating for a snack if you are dieting. So here is a recipe that is quick to make. In the spring if you have a garden plant some kale. The best variety is the tuscan kale.

1 Bunch Kale, curly variety  but Lacinato is better
1/2 Tablespoon Olive Oil
Sea Salt
Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese

Preheat the oven to 350. Rinse and dry kale so it will not be soggy. Tear into bite-size pieces, discarding tough stems. Toss kale with olive oil, just to coat very lightly. Spread kale across baking sheets in one layer. Sprinkle with sea salt and freshly grated parmesan. Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes until edges are starting to brown ad kale gets mostly crispy. Remove from oven and remove from tray, laying kale chips out on a wire rack to cool slightly. Serve at once.

PICKLED SNAP PEAS

11/4 Cups White Vinegar
11/4 Cups Cold Water
1 Tablespoon Kosher Salt
1Tablespoon Sugar
1 LB. Sugar Snap Peas, ends trimmed and strings removed
4 Cloves Garlic, sliced thin
Few Pinches Red Pepper Flakes

In a non-reactive saucepan, not an alium one. Heat the vinegar, salt and sugar until both are dissolved. Remove from heat and stir in the cold water. When the vinegar mixture is cool, pack the sugar snaps, red pepper flakes and garlic into jars or a large bowl. Can use 3 one pint jars and the pour the brine over them. If you do not have enough brine, mix equal parts of water and vinegar to add to the jars. Make sure you heat it up. Cover with a lid or plactic wrap if using a bowl. Store in the ref.They should pickle within 5 days. You are supposed to wait for at least a week for all of the flavors to blend. Keep ref.

BLACKBERRY LOAF BREAD

This bread is like banana bread. It is so good with a cold glass of milk. I like it better than banana bread. You can put some nuts in it if you like. I would put a few chopped walnuts.

11/2 Cups All-purpose Flour
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/8 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
11/2 Cups Blackberries, fresh or frozen
1 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Milk
1/3 Cup Butter or Marg. melted
2Large Eggs
1 Teaspoon Lemon Zest
2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice

Preheat oven to 350. In a medium bowl stirr together flour and next 3 ings. Stir in blackberries. Wisk together sugar and next 5 ings. until thoroughly blended. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until blended. Pour into a sprayed loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool on a wire rack for 1 hour.

DISH TOWEL HOLDERS

Are you like me, always having to find your dish towel. I have a hook for mine to hang them up by but it always slides off the hook. It is too big to hang over the hook. A simple fix is buy a piece of elastic and just sew a loop on them in the back  corner. Then hang it on the hook. That way, they are not always lying about the kitchen and will not drop off on the floor. You could also you a piece of flat string or rope or even a small piece of material sewed like a button loop.
I put mine from one corner edge to the other and it makes it big enough to hang thru the hook. Can just sew them on with a needle and thread if you don't have a sewing machine. Some companies are now making a loop on the back of them to hang them up by.

PAINETED BOBBIE PINS

If you like to use different color bobbie pins for different outfits then paint them with nail polish. They are expensive to buy and you can put then on a piece of cardboard to hold them and just paint with diffenent colored nail polish.

HONEY MUSTARD DRESSING

3/4 Cup Sour Cream
1/3 Cup Mayo
1/3 Cup Dijon Mustard
1/3 Cup Honey
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice (I use slightly more)

In a mixing bowl, combine sour cream, mayonnaise and mustard.
Blend thoroughly using a whisk.
Slowly pour in the honey and lemon juice, continue mixing until smooth and well combined.

BANANA ORANGE BREAD

3 Medium-sized Ripe Bananas, mashed
1 3/4 Cup Sugar
3 Eggs
3 1/2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
3/4 Cup Orange Juice 
2/3 Cup Butter, melted
3 Cups Flour
31/2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
3/4 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 Cup Chopped Walnuts and Pecans

Preheat oven to 350 . Combine bananas, sugar, eggs vanilla, orange juice, and butter and mix until creamy. In another bowl, sift toghether flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Add nuts. Add flour mixture to banana mixture and beat just until combined. Spray 2 loaf pans. Pour mixture into them and bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until done.