We love this recipe but instead of the oven, I simply use my dehydrator. No worries of overcooking/burning the "chips" that way! I find I can get away with 1 tsp. extra-virgin olive oil if I put the leaves in a BIG bowl and toss thoroughly after drizzling the oil over the kale. We grow kale in our garden and this is a great use for it!

DEE-licious! I tweaked a bit - I'm a low-carber, so no crust, and I used half cream/half water in place of the milk. I had some semidry Spanish smoked sheep's milk cheese, so grated 1/4 cup of that in the bottom of my buttered 9" pie plate; I used some leftover turkey, 3 strips of cooked bacon, snipped into small pieces, and 2 green onions (no spinach), a pinch of nutmeg, a little garlic salt and freshly ground pepper, and 1/2 of a small seeded serrano pepper, minced. Otherwise I followed the recipe exactly! LOL!! My husband rated it A+ and I give it 5 stars - will make again and again, using whatever goodies I find in the kitchen. The base of this with the eggs, cream/water, and mayo is PERFECT!

I always use Embasa brand whole pickled jalapenos; and I use half cream cheese, half shredded cheddar or 3-cheese blend. After wrapping with bacon and securing with a pick, I shake the whole lot in a ziploc bag with Parmesan cheese (the green can kind) and then bake at 400* til the bacon is done to your liking. Even my stepmother, who doesn't LIKE hot stuff, makes SURE she gets her fair share of these!

This stuff will knock you on your keester! We do "low carb" so I do not use the sugar or orange juice; instead, I add 1 can of Splenda-sweetened diet soda like Hansens's Tangerine Lime. I also reduced the rum to a cup or less. Try Gallo's Hearty Burgundy for the wine! Delicious and it improves over a couple days (if it lasts that long....)

I do one like this with an exception - since my husband and I are on Weight Watchers, I substitute balsamic vinegar for the butter. Makes a heavenly match with the onion and the bouillon! I also usually use a teaspoon of granulated bouillon instead of the cube. Husband LOVES this one!