Healthy Habits Recipe: Wilted Spinach

Here's another great recipe I just had to share! We've been getting quite a bit of greens with our vegetable CSA so we've been trying to find easy recipes that taste good for the whole family. You can only eat so much spinach salad so this is a cooked version that brings out even more vitamin content and helps your body to absorb the nutrients better too. This takes less than 10 minutes to make and you will almost always have the ingredients on hand so it comes together quick.

Ingredients:
1 tsp minced garlic (I usually keep a small jar with my spices so this is always on hand)
1 tbsp olive oil
1-2 bunches of spinach
1 tsp pink Himalayan salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 tbsp lemon juice

Directions:
1) Heat minced garlic and olive oil over medium high heat until it starts to sizzle.
2) Add rinsed spinach to pan.
3) Add salt, pepper, and lemon juice over top.
4) Stir until spinach turns a bright green and wilts completely.
5) Drain lemon juice off or remove spinach from pan.

Enjoy! My girls love the garlic and lemon flavor of this spinach and even asked for seconds.

Crispy Crunchy Kale Chips

These easy to make kale chips are a great alternative to potato chips or popcorn. They have the crispy texture and salty snack flavor that we love! I did a video of this recipe to show how easy this is to make.

Ingredients:
1 bunch kale (removed from thick stem)
Drizzle of olive oil
1/2 tsp pink Himalayan salt
1/2 tsp pepper (optional)

Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2) Rip kale from stem and break into small pieces.
3) Drizzle with olive oil, salt, and pepper
4) Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes until it's as crispy as you like. I prefer 15 minutes because then some are crispy and some are a bit crunchy.

Enjoy! My girls usually polish a whole tray off in about 20 minutes so make sure you grab some while they are fresh!