Raw Food Recipe: How To Make Kale Chips

Kale chips are a raw vegan’s potato chip. Only, unlike potato chips, kale chips are actually GOOD for you. They are full of anti-oxidants, fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, and cancer-preventing phytonutrients!

Kale chips are a true spiritual superhero’s superfood, which is why I eat kale chips all the time. Not a day goes by where I don’t ingest a bowl of kale chips. They are my favorite snack. And soon they will be YOUR favorite snack, too!

I’ve experimented with many different kale chip recipes. The easiest recipe is just to combine 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar with 2 tablespoons of olive oil, which you massage into one head of kale, then dehydrate and sprinkle with sea salt.

But that recipe sounds kind of boring, doesn’t it?

The following kale chip recipe is my current favorite. I made it up myself. It was born out of a desire to replicate those lime-flavored tortilla chips. You know the ones I mean? They sure are tasty, but I’m not sure that the florescent green flavoring is healthy. So here’s a raw vegan, healthy substitute.

KB’s Delicious Limey Kale Chips

Ingredients:

1 head of fresh kale
1/4 cup cashews or macadamia nuts
1 T apple cider vinegar
1 T agave nectar
1 T nutritional yeast
2 limes, juiced

You will also need a dehydrator, although the word on the street is that you can also make these in the oven on the lowest setting while keeping the oven door open a crack. But I’d only do that if you’re not overly concerned as to whether or not your kale chips are officially “raw”. Otherwise, just go ahead and order yourself a nice dehydrator off Amazon, would ya? Your body will thank you. 😉

Step 1: Wash and De-Stem the Kale

The first step to awesome kale chips is to wash the kale and remove the leafy part from the tough stemmy part. Compost the stemmy part. Then transfer your kale into a very big bowl.

Step 2: Make the Dressing

Combine all other ingredients into your Vitamix or Blendtec and blend it up. It should look like a thick salad dressing. Pour it onto your kale, using a spatula to get every last drop.

Step 3: Massage the Kale

Now it’s time to give the kale an intense massage. Pretend your a Swiss masseuse and you’re taking out your frustrations on a Wall Street jackass. Really let him have it. Massage that dressing into the kale.

Step 4: Spread ‘Em

Spread out the kale onto two teflex-lined dehydrator trays.

Step 5: Dehydrate

Dehydrate for 4 hours on 115 degrees F. If you don’t have a dehydrator, get one. Or try using your oven. I have no idea how to use an oven though, so I can’t help you there.

Two hours into the dehydration process, flip the chips over and rotate the trays as you would rotate your tires. Helps with even distribution of air.

Also, if I’m going to be using the dehydrator anyway, I usually make two batches of kale chips. Might as well fill ‘er up.

Step 6: Eat!

Now it’s time to eat your chips!! I usually separate each tray of chips into individual plastic containers to avoid eating an entire dehydrator full of kale chips in one sitting. This can happen easier than you might think, and it’s a caloric disaster. It’s like eating a supersize bag of Ruffles. But WAY better for you!

You can also sprinkle a little sea salt on your chips if you like. I like.

And that’s how you make my famous kale chips.

Please leave a comment and let me know how they turned out.