Also known as the Great Minnesota Get together. What a wonderful day with the family, we spent about 7 hours at the fair and maybe saw half of the exhibits and shows going on.
For those unfamiliar with this great event, you are missing out. Everything imaginable on a stick, fried and usually covered in chocolate. It is the second largest state fair in the U.S. (2nd to Texas), and averages a few hundred thousand visitors a day over 12 days. There are tons of things to do everyday and an endless stream of interesting people to watch!
Foods tried (and shared with my parents):
Chocolate Milkshake- from the Dairy building
Pronto Pups
Asian style carnitas taco- Food building
State Fair Taffy, which turned out to be too soft and lacking flavor. So we went back to our ol' standard
Salt Water Taffy
Ole's Cannolis
Paul Bunyan Bar (w/ waaay too many chocolate sprinkles)
Fresh French Fries
Here's me totally hamming it up on the Spamville Throne!
And I was super pumped to find this t-shirt from 'I Like You', a local Minneapolis store located up NE.
And so to make up for all this junk food, Kale Chips and a run (but you don't have to do that last part, thats just for me)! Super easy and crunchy little chips that can make me feel better about all that food from yesterday.
Kale Chips:
1 Bunch of Kale
1-2 Tbsp Olive oil
Sea Salt for sprinkling
1. Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees
2. Wash cut de-stem kale, get out all the thick stalky parts and cut into large pieces.
3. Toss kale pieces in olive oil
4. Lay on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and sprinkle sea salt on top.
5. Put in the oven for 20-25 minutes, until crisp! (It took me a little over 20 minutes to get them all crispy). Make sure if not all of them are done just pop those ones back in the oven. I made the mistake of being over excited and not letting all of them cook and ended up with wilted/ chewy kale (bleck).
BUT other than that small oversight on my part, these turned out deliciously!
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