Baked kale calories please!

sizzle92

I am having a hard time finding the calories for baked kale with EVOO, salt, and pepper. TIA!

cking99rn

Wouldnt that be like spinach?

sizzle92

Kale comes up, but with different recipes. I think it is more like cabbage?

LeannSz

Try the Hungry girl website I know it's in her cook book. Happy Hunting.

sizzle92

I think I'll just use raw kale and a tsp of EVOO separately.

sizzle92

I found it this way, looks close enough to me! lol

Generic - Kale With Onion,Garlic and Olive Oil

Lesa_Sass

Baked kale is in the MFP database, I use it all the time. Its like 50 calories a cup

paj315

It's gonna highly depend on the amount of olive oil you use. Raw Kale in is the database. I'd just create a recipe with the ingredients you used to make yours instead of relying on some recipe someone else entered.

luvmybaby333

^^^

I agree with this. :-)

Lesa_Sass

I use the spray olive oil, just enough to keep the garlic powder and salt on it. I agree if someone is pouring tablespoons of olive oil it is going to drive up the calories.

CharlieBarleyMom

Raw Kale is in the database... but from the back of the bag it is 25 calories per 3 cup (85 gram) serving. So, depending on how much olive oil you use when baking it, just weigh it out BEFORE you bake it because it definitely shrinks during cooking.

SusanRenee35

sounds yummy now I wanna try it :P Never had it before

Lesa_Sass

Generic-baked kale chips= 56 calories in MFP database, this is AFTER baked.

sizzle92

I try really hard to put VERY little EVOO!

sizzle92

I use the spray olive oil, just enough to keep the garlic powder and salt on it. I agree if someone is pouring tablespoons of olive oil it is going to drive up the calories.

GREAT IDEA!

jennifershoo

I try really hard to put VERY little EVOO!

You should track it separately. EVOO has a lot of calories (100 cals per tbs).

mixedfeelings

Can I ask what kind of a dish baked kale is? I love kale but always just "fry" it, well 1 spray of 1 cal oil then top that up with water, pop a lid on it to steam it, I do this with onions and garlic going in first and although I love this dish I'm always after other healthy kale dishes.

Lesa_Sass

I use the spray olive oil, just enough to keep the garlic powder and salt on it. I agree if someone is pouring tablespoons of olive oil it is going to drive up the calories.

GREAT IDEA!

Its the only way to get my husband to eat kale.


@mixedfeelings, baked kale is not really a dish, more like a snack. It makes them crispy, like chips.

maru84

Go to your diary, then on the upper righthand side it says Recipes. Click on that and you can make your own recipe- just measure out your evoo and add however much kale you used, and then if you ate the whole thing say that it was a recipe for one person, so the whole recipe is one serving (or however many servings you made!) I make recipes almost every day for the stuff I make, it's a quick way to go back and quick add things you make everyday (I can quick add my smoothies, pizza dough, oatmeal, etc).

shellyt1

Try roasted kale!

sizzle92

Shelly, I bake at 350...I bet I would prefer it at 450!