Kale is a super nutritious vegetable in the family of broccoli and cabbage. It is a leafy green, so dehydrating works best if you want your end result to be small pieces or powder. You can use your dehydrator to make flavored kale chips with a little oil and seasonings, but today we’re dehydrating plain kale into flakes or powder.
Start with some kale. Kale is easily recognizable by its crazy leaves with all the curls at the edges and dark green color.
Wash thoroughly. Kale hides dirt better than most leafy veggies due to the structure of the leaves, so be thorough.
Cut or tear the kale into pieces about one to two inches square. Cut all the large stems out–they don’t dehydrate or grind into powder well.
Lay the leaves on the tray. If you have a shelf style dehydrator like an Excalibur, you may need to only use every other tray to allow space for the leaves.
Dehydrate on vegetable setting (125 degrees) for 4-6 hours or until the leaves are crispy dry. Be careful opening the front door of a dehydrator with the fan in back–these dry flakes are like little sails and can fly right out at you if the fan is still running!
Remove them from the dehydrator and let them cool. Crush them in your hands for flakes or use a blender to make kale powder.
This powder is highly concentrated and can be added to casseroles, ground meats, green smoothies, or anything else you can dream up.
Easy and nutritious kale powder from fresh kale.
Keep preparing! Angela
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Ah… Someone else who does not blanch greens before dehydrating! I tried the “recommended” method- once. Ugh. I put the leaves in a giant zippy bag. I can either rehydrate as leaves or crunch them up and use as seasoning. Crunched up hides them from family members who would not normally eat them “fresh”. ;)