Baked kale calories please!

sizzle92
sizzle92 Posts: 1,015 Member
edited November 9 in Food and Nutrition
I am having a hard time finding the calories for baked kale with EVOO, salt, and pepper. TIA!

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  • cking99rn
    cking99rn Posts: 7
    Wouldnt that be like spinach?
  • sizzle92
    sizzle92 Posts: 1,015 Member
    Kale comes up, but with different recipes. I think it is more like cabbage?
  • LeannSz
    LeannSz Posts: 68 Member
    Try the Hungry girl website I know it's in her cook book. Happy Hunting.
  • sizzle92
    sizzle92 Posts: 1,015 Member
    I think I'll just use raw kale and a tsp of EVOO separately.
  • sizzle92
    sizzle92 Posts: 1,015 Member
    I found it this way, looks close enough to me! lol

    Generic - Kale With Onion,Garlic and Olive Oil
  • Lesa_Sass
    Lesa_Sass Posts: 2,213 Member
    Baked kale is in the MFP database, I use it all the time. Its like 50 calories a cup
  • paj315
    paj315 Posts: 335 Member
    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
    luvmybaby333 Posts: 241
    ^^^

    I agree with this. :-)
  • Lesa_Sass
    Lesa_Sass Posts: 2,213 Member
    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
    CharlieBarleyMom Posts: 727 Member
    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
    SusanRenee35 Posts: 182 Member
    sounds yummy now I wanna try it :P Never had it before
  • Lesa_Sass
    Lesa_Sass Posts: 2,213 Member
    Generic-baked kale chips= 56 calories in MFP database, this is AFTER baked.
  • sizzle92
    sizzle92 Posts: 1,015 Member
    I try really hard to put VERY little EVOO! :)
  • sizzle92
    sizzle92 Posts: 1,015 Member
    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
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    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
    mixedfeelings Posts: 904 Member
    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
    Lesa_Sass Posts: 2,213 Member
    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
    maru84 Posts: 128
    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
    shellyt1 Posts: 119
    Try roasted kale!
  • sizzle92
    sizzle92 Posts: 1,015 Member
    Shelly, I bake at 350...I bet I would prefer it at 450!
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