Re: Store Purchased Almond Butter-SUCCESS!! and I need something Crunchy!!

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Something crunchy: Kale chips

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Baked-Kale-Chips/Detail.aspx

You can make them anyway you like.

To make them taste like Doritos, you can make this recipe my good friend Stacey

found on goneraw.com...

Cheezee Kale Chips (a dehydrator recipe, adapted slightly)

from goneraw.com

Ingredients:

2 Bunches of Kale (I used one bunch because it looked really big)

1 1/2 Cups of Cashews

3 to 4 Cups of Red Bell Pepper

1/8-1/4 Cups of Lemon Juice (you can also add as much lemon juice the mixture

until it tastes like a cheese)

Pinch of crystal salt

Preparation:

Put all of the ingredients (except the kale) in the food processor until it's

really smooth and not chunky. Get some fresh kale, rip it into chip size

(without the stem), toss the mix with the kale. Then, when you're done, put the

kale on mesh trays on the dehydrator. Put the dehydrator on 145 for 1 hour only,

it won't destroy the enzymes, then after that hour, put the dehydrator on 105 or

110 for 6-8 hours or until crispy. Then it's all done! YUM!

When you think you're ready, you could also try making nachos with pork skins

(only ingredients pork, salt). I put ground beef, shredded cheeses, onion,

jalapenos... anything I tolerate and bake until done. It's really yummy.

Misty Kimble

CD - no meds

SCD - 2 + years

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> On another topic, does anyone have any suggestions for something crunchy --

I'm still not able to eat any advanced foods, but I am jonesing so bad for

something crunchy -- I am a former Spicy Nacho Dorito addict. I would

appreciate any suggestions.

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> Pegi

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Thanks for all the great crunchy ideas -- you are so helpful, I truly appreciate

all of you!

Pegi

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> > > I haven't tried adding any oil yet, but was wondering what equipment

> > > everyone else uses. I was using my food processor. It seems like my

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> > > I use my cuisinart food processor, but I've never made almond butter in

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> > > just pecan butter. My almonds also get to the dry lumpy stage, but since

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> > > always just going to turn it into a baked good I never bother going past

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> > > the butter stage. It's fine enough for my purposes =) I've heard almonds

> > > take much longer though than other nuts.

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> > > Peace =)

> > > Alyssa 16 yo

> > > UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

> > > SCD June 2009 (restarted)

> > > Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per day

> > > Prednisone 30 mg 1x per day

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On another topic, does anyone have any suggestions for something crunchy -- I'm still not able to eat any advanced foods, but I am jonesing so bad for something crunchy -- I am a former Spicy Nacho Dorito addict. I would appreciate any suggestions.You can make this with almond flour (or butter, if that is your level) instead of macadamia (I do it with cashew nuts) - but you may have to add some oil.I also add in fresh garlic, parsley and other fresh herbs, roasted onion, you can add roasted zucchini, too, salt, freshcracked pepper. And I cook itat 200-250, since I don't have an excalibur and anyway, I'm not ever patient enough to wait that longfor it to be done. At that heat, it takes about 3 hours. But it may take longer or shorter with a different nut, so youmay have to experiment a bit. http://grainfreefoodie.blogspot.com/search/label/packableDairy-Free "Cheez-It" CrackersThese crackers are about the closest I've come yet to a "junk food" flavor, at least a savory one. They taste a lot like a Cheez-It or goldfish cracker. These are based on a recipe I found in an episode of Raw World TV, which you can view here on YouTube. They present the recipe as a cheese sauce as well as a cracker recipe, however when I made it it didn't have the "cheese-like" texture that theris did. Maybe you need a Vitamix to make it into a sauce. It might be worth playing with this for those who are really wanting a macaroni and cheese type sauce.To make it as crackers, follow the same basic recipe, which is to put one red bell pepper, one cup of macadamia nuts, some salt and cayenne pepper in the blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Then spread it thin on a dehydrator sheet and dehydrate until it reaches the desired level of dryness. At 105 degrees this took me well over 24 hours, so I would use a higher heat. If you want to make crackers in cute shapes I would pull it out partway through, when it is still pliable, and cut it with cookie cutters, then put it back to continue drying. Posted by Sierra at 6:34 PM 7 commentsLabels: bread, kid friendly, packable, snack