Kale chips are the best thing ever, so I made some.

[LeftyMom]

I adore these: http://www.soap.com/p/alive-radiant-foods-cheezy-chipotle-kale-krunch-2-2-oz-1004986 but they're freakin' expensive, even when they're on sale. So I figured I should learn to make my own, because if there's something that healthy that I like I should find a way to eat more of it.

http://www.thekitchn.com/snack-recipe-cheesy-and-vegan-kale-chips-179037 is a pretty close recipe, but it doesn't have the spicy element, and I don't think it has enough cheese mix for the amount of kale (maybe my grocery store has a comparatively generous idea of what constitutes a bunch of kale?) So I doubled the cheese sauce ingredients, which did one bunch with just a bit left over. I added generous dashes of smoked paprika, chipotle powder, and cayenne (the prepared product doesn't have the paprika, but it was a nice addition.) The prepared product has smoked salt and chia, but I didn't add those because I don't have them on hand. I didn't miss them, fwiw.

A bunch of kale makes A LOT of kale chips. Which is good because I ate A LOT of kale chips. And they were freakin' delicious. And scandalously cheap.