snacks

You're gonna make your own damn snacks this weekend. Here are 10 really delicious snacks that will both satisfy your weekend cravings and make you feel good about yourself that you will go into the office next week ready to shred. Plus they're on the "somewhat challenging side," so you have something to stimulate your brain while you're rewatching all the Arrested Development.

I buy, like, three bags of Babybel cheese at a time. There's still a certain sense of ceremony after all these years, the delight at seeing that one was in my lunchbox, knowing it would be at just the right temperature and 100% perfectly fresh and of course, playtime. Here are some things I did with them as a kid, and a couple of modern applications for a cheese that's really hard to hate.

I had leftover kale salad I didn't feel like eating in its fresh kale form, especially not after the amazing kale chips we knocked out at last week's Test Kitchen. Since there was already flavor on them in the form of a light orange juice–olive oil–rosemary dressing, I saw no reason why not to toss them on a baking sheet and stick them in a 350F oven for 15 minutes. Here's what happened.