During the weekend, I experimented with making chips out of taro roots. The first one was the taro root. It is a brown, slightly hairy root that is starchy like a potato and is found is most Chinese groceries, sometimes Superstore has it in stock too. After years of purchasing taro root chips from the store, I decided to make my own after one of my friends made some for me. At first my mom was very skeptical when I said I would do this but she quickly turned around her stance after my first successful attempt and made me buy more taro root to make more chips!

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F 
2. Peel taro root
3. Slice taro into thin pieces. 
4. Mix in olive oil and coating the taro slices on both sides. 
5. Arrange on a baking sheet, don't overlap pieces.
6. Sprinkle a little salt on top.
7. Pop it in the oven for about 3-5 minutes until the edges start to curl and the pieces are turning golden brown. This time will really depend on the thickness of the slices. 
8. Take it out of the oven and let it cool then enjoy!

This slicer contraption mandoline makes it a lot easier to make the chips thin enough and quickly. This slicer allows me to adjust the thickness of the slices. The thicker it is the longer it will take in the oven and also the harder/crunchier the chip will be. If you don't have this at home then try to cut it as thinly as possible.


After slicing the root, add some olive oil and mix it around to coat the taro pieces. Or you can brush the olive oil on after you arrange the pieces on the pan.


Arrange the pieces on a baking sheet without overlapping the taro slices.


Mmmm. So good. The only problem is the size of the oven! But since it takes very little time to cook, you can make several sheets full within 10 minutes! But even then it is not enough because they are too delicious and you can't just stop eating them! One bowl is gone within minutes. I'm going to have to find a bigger oven!

I've heard about kale for a while now. There's even a whole book about it. People are raving about how nutritious it is and especially about how easy it is to make kale chips. So I decided to try my hand in making some. After buying two bunches at the Farmers Market on Saturday, I had about an hour in between events to make something.

Two of my friends already made them. One recommended that I get at least two bunches (because after they are dried it doesn't make much) and the other recommended I add garlic. I can't say no to garlic!

The kale chips didn't turn out disastrous! Yay! They were a hit with the family. Yummy!


Here's my ad hoc recipe:

2 bunches of kale (I had 8 big leaves in total)
1 tblsp of olive oil
1 tsp of salt (or a little less)
3/4 clove of garlic (you can use less if you don't like it too garlicy!)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Wash kale, dry and remove leaves from stem. Tear into bit-sized pieces into a big bowl.
3. Peel and puree garlic mix with the oil and salt
4. Mix the garlic oil mixture into the your kale and mix well. Try to coat every single piece.
5. Spread the kale onto a baking sheet (lined with parchment paper otherwise it'll stick to the pan like mine did) and bake for ~15 minutes until the edges are brown but not burnt.