I was craving something crunchy the other day which often happens to me. I’m more of a chips person than a cookies person which is very, very bad! I don’t allow myself to eat chips anymore and have even forbidden salted shelled sunflower seeds because the salt kicks my blood pressure way up.
I bought a cheap mandolin
I scrubbed two beets, cut off the tips and sliced them. I should have bought a better mandolin but this one did the trick OK but I used the handguard which makes it a bit challenge for a klutz like me but there was no way I was doing this without it!
After slicing them I blanched them in hot water to help cook them before going in the oven. For those who want sweet chips (I can’t imagine but some people do) you could blanch them in a simple syrup. I dried the beets off with paper towel, put them in a bowl and tossed them with some canola oil and sea salt. I lay them on a baking sheet on top of parchment paper in a single layer and baked them at 400F on either side. Some took longer than others so keep an eye on them!
Wow, they were amazing! I loved them! No deep frying and I get all these vitamins to boot. Definitely worth it. I wish I had made more, these were gone super fast. How cool is it that I could make healthy chips at home without a deep fryer?!
What kind of taste do they have? I’ve tried beets before and didn’t particularly enjoy the flavor. Does baking change it at all? They look good!
Suzie I come here to check in on you, not for the food! I hate cooking. But this, this is genius! I am gonna try this. Thanks a million.
PS I actually have started cooking due to your influence … damn you woman! (no burns or cuts as of yet…)
BRilliANt!! See this is why I love your sharings. I come here and learn the most amazing things — that I can try out myself today! I loooove beet greens. Often buy bunches of beets just for the greens. But usually the beets themselves sit for a loooong time here because I don’t know what to do with them coz they aren’t my favorite veggie, you know, except to paint with them 🙂 But now I know exactly what I’ll do with them!! Brilllllliant and thank you!
miracles,
k-
They still have an earthy flavour Tori but they are not as overpowering as usual. In general, they taste mostly like potato chips to me with a slight earthy edge.
Kavindra, you are a sweetheart for coming to visit even though you’re not interested in food. I see I am having a good influence on you spending time in the kitchen though! 🙂 I hope you don’t get hurt and have more fun in the kitchen than you’re expecting too.
MH, thank you so much! I am honoured your learn from me. Beet greens are wonderful too, it’s so true. Beets are a tough veggie to grow to love, I highly recommend trying them this way, you may be surprised at how good they are.
I LOVE beets!!
Esp golden beets – which I add to recipes where I don’t want the ‘beet bleed’ – have some ‘rainbow’ beet seed to plant (Soon!): combo of golden beets, the Italian white & red circles, & a standard red.
My dau has made oven fries/chips, & they are so good! I want to try sweet potatoe & parsnips, too.
I’d do this with coconut oil – so many advantages to using it for *any* cooking or baking – the unsaturated are just too unstable for me to want to put in my body (even when not GMO)
This week a client told me her nephew was in a cast 30 years ago, & developed a fungus on his leg that’s not responded to any treatment – It’s GONE after 2 weeks of applying coconut oil, at her suggestion 🙂 Nina Planck’s ‘Real Food’ & Dr Bruce Fife’s ‘the coconut oil miracle’ are some good books that talk about the benis of using the saturated fats & getting rid of all the unsaturates (some may need the Omega-3s) & seeing how you feel 🙂
These sound delicious!! I am a beet lover.
I haven’t found any golden beets here but when I do, they’re mine.
I am definitely going to look into coconut oil the next time I am at the store, that and agave. I’m not a huge fan of coconut but maybe I can cook with the oil.
I don’t like beets at all. I might try some beet chips to munch on. It looks good.