I have been MIA recently with no real excuses. I am officially done lent, and it really wasn't so bad, I actually think I like not eating meat. If you haven't noticed I don't really cook with meat, mostly because it is expensive, but I also really don't like cooking it. I think the hardest part of lent was finding vegetarian friendly restaurants. Moral of the story is, I think I am going to continue avoiding meat because it makes my insides happy, and I get to try new awesome things.
Next order of business: Deep fried foods.
Last night I had a Groupon that was about to expire for an Australian pub. Devin and I split a kangaroo burger and fish and chips (yes this is meat but they had no other options, and I wanted to try kangaroo). I wasn't a big fan of the kangaroo burger, it came with an egg on it so the sandwich didn't really stay together well and it was a big mess, and it tasted meh. The fish was what you would expect and the chips were awesome! Super crispy potato devil fingers if you will. I was so full afterward I fell into a big grease coma and felt like death. I couldn't even finish my beer!
After some thought I realized that the last time I felt this way was after a trip to Calgary's famous drive-in burger joint.
On this trip it was still during lent I just got some onion rings and a large fries to split between four of us.
You see that bag that looks like it should have four meals in it? Yeah that whole bag was filled with fries! I think it was 6$ for their "large" fries, I think that is more like "extended family" size. Obviously greasy food coma followed shortly afterwards. To avoid this scenario in the future I am going to officially swear off any deep fried food until my trip to Ontario, then I will re-asses the situation.
In honour of this decision I will post a recipe that I made a long time ago.....
KALE CHIPS!!!
The idea behind it is you flavour them how you wish, using some sort of dressing of any flavour you like, then you bake them at a low temperature until they are completely dehydrated and crispy!
Being the worst food bloger of all times, I don't think I wrote this recipe down... oops?...
It was a combination of cashews, onion, and lemon juice, and seasonings like curry powder and paprika. Either way it was delicious and I encourage you to experiment with your own flavours.
Once you have your dressing, cover your washed kale evenly in the flavour.
Now spread it out on a baking sheet, and bake at 200 for a couple of hours (yes hours) fliping every half hour. When it is done the kale should be completely dehydrated. When I did this some of the kale pieces were done before others, they were removed right away to avoid burning.
The finished product. Nice healthy non-deep fried chip alternative.
The finished product. Nice healthy non-deep fried chip alternative.See you next week! (I promise)
