I love the standard cashew cheese kale chip recipe, but have wanted to experiment with different flavors. My latest experiment was with chipotle. They turned out great! Potentially a little too spicy for some taste-buds.
The purple kale looked really fresh, so I mixed purple and green kale using one bunch of each.
The final product was gorgeous and delicious:
Here is the recipe if you want to try them:
Chipotle Cheese Kale Chips (version 1):
2 bunches kale
Chipotle Cheese Sauce
Blend the following:
2 c. cashew
½ red bell pepper
Juice of 1 lemon
6 tbsp nutritional yeast
1 tbsp chipotle powder for hot (2 tsp medium, and 1 tsp for mild)
¼ tsp. salt
1 ¼ c water
- Remove the large center stem from kale leaves and tear into palm sized pieces place in large bowl
- Pour chipotle cheese sauce on chips and mix well
- Place on dehydrator sheets without the teflex
- Dehydrate for 2 hours at 145 F, then turn down to 115 for another 3 hours or until crisp
- Eat them right off the dehydrator tray and try to save some for later.
It’s exciting to create new recipes. I would love to hear your thoughts to help refine this one. The chips definitely leave you with a zing with 1 tbsp chipotle.
Enjoy!
Sue
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Christina,
Yes you need the whole dehydrator to make these chips, as the low heat removes the moisture. I should put up another post with a video demo, those are fun to make!
Enjoy!
Hi Sue. I am new to eating RAW kale and am loving it. When you are talking about dehydrator sheets, are you talking about the machine? Do I have to buy the whole machine? I cannot wait to try to this recipe.
Livia,
No, I would not use nutritional yeast if you are suffering from candida.
It is used in recipes for its cheesy flavor, a source of complete protein, ,and B Vitamins. In addition, some nutritional yeasts are fortified with Vitamin B12, which can be hard to get in a vegan diet.
Hope that helps you!
Sue
Nutritional yeast is an ingredient I use as more of an indulgence to eat something with a cheesy flavor and not pack on the pounds.
Sue,
I have a question about Nutritional Yeast….should you eat it if you are suffering from Candida issues? Why do people use it in recipes? Just curious 🙂
Thanks
Livia