Chinese-style Pork Ribs

This recipe was adapted from one I found on http://foodgloriousfoodimanxioustotryit.blogspot.com/ thanks to Pintrest!

Ingredients
1/4 c reduced-sodium soy sauce
1/3 c apricot preserves
3 tbsp Heinz Hot Ketchup
2-3 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 lbs country-style pork ribs

Directions
-Place a liner in slow cooker
-Mix all ingredients except for pork in a small bowl
-Place ribs in slow cooker
-Pour sauce over ribs
-Cook on low 6 hours, no longer

We served it over rice.

Nutritional Information:
This made 4 servings for us. Each serving had about 288 calories, 15 g fat, 26 g protein, and just a trace of fiber

Kale Chips

Oh Wow! Was I surprised by these! They taste like kettle chips but are much, much better for you!

Ingredients
4 cups prepared kale (prepared directions below)
1-2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
parchment paper
seasonings (I used onion garlic pepper first. Next I am going to use sea salt.)

Directions
-preheat oven to 350 degrees
-place parchment paper on cookie sheet
-Prepare Kale (cut leaves away from rib on a bunch of kale; then cut into 2-3 in chunks of leafy goodness
-Put kale in a bowl. Sprinkle with evoo and seasoning. Toss until covered.
-Put kale on a single layer on the parchment paper
-Put in the oven for 10 minutes.
-Rotate pan from higher rack to lower rack and rotate direction.
-Cook an additional 5 minutes. Then check every minute or two until kale has reached your desired crispiness
-let cool and enjoy
-store in a large zip-top bag

Nutritional information:
This makes about 4 servings. Each serving has about 63 calories, 4 g of fat (mostly from the olive oil), 2.2 g protein, and 1.5 g fiber