2. Wash and dry the kale. Cut leaves from the ribs (discard ribs).
3. In a large bowl toss kale with olive oil and salt to taste.
4. Place kale on a cookie sheet, ensuring that the leaves are well-spaced to prevent them from steaming instead of crisping. Bake until crispy, checking periodically, 10 to 20 minutes.
A former lawyer, after her daughter refused to eat anything bland as a baby, Leena was inspired to make baby food better by using spices and diverse global ingredients. Nurturing tiny taste buds became an obsession that led to a blog www.masalababyfood.com and a baby food cookbook Around the World in 80 Purees: Easy Recipes for Global Baby Food (Quirk Books). Leena lives in New Jersey with her husband, and two “masala babies.”