Homemade Chips

Recipe found at This Vintage Chica

Homemade Terra Chips

• 3-4 each of the following: red or yellow potatoes, sweet potatoes, beets and/or turnips (you can use yucca and parsnips too)

• olive oil in a sprayer (Pam would work fine too)

• coarse salt (any salt will do really)

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Slice each of the vegetables 1/8 of an inch thick, or as thinly as you can. A mandolin or a veggie slicer would work well for this, although I just used a very sharp knife. Spray the bottom of a cookie sheet with the olive oil and place the potatoes, sweet potatoes and turnips on the sheet. Salt them to taste before popping them in the oven. Bake for 20-25 minutes until lightly brown and crispy.

The beets cook much faster, so I would suggest doing a batch of beets all to their own. (either that or leave enough room on the potato and turnip cookie sheet for the beets and then add them half way through cooking) Salt and cook the beets for only 10-15 minutes until dark and crispy.

Cooking time may vary, so watch them closely toward the end of cooking. Enjoy!

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Another Granola Recipe

I am going to make this new granola recipe this week. I can't wait to try it because I'm getting bored with the other recipe(s) I make. The orange rind in this new recipe sounds especially DELICIOUS and I think I'll add some dark chocolate chips too!

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Homemade Granola

This recipe comes from a friend who made this yummy granola for us. I'd been using this recipe but this one has become our favorite!

"Dry: 4 cups oats -not quick (I regularly 1.5 or double the recipe), 1 cup wheat germ (the last batch, the one you got, had oat bran because I was out of wheat germ), 4T brown sugar, 1 cup almonds (I always add more).
Wet (bring to a boil then add to mixed dry ingredients): 1/2 cup maple syrup, 1/4 cup oil, 1.5 teaspoon almond extract, 2Tablespoons water

Bake in a big turkey pan (sprayed) at 275 stirring every 15 minutes. about 45 min total maybe more if you do a big batch. at the last 15 minutes (or after) add 1 cup dried fruit and coconut flakes. I used a tropical mix fruit and cherry flavored dried cranberries. My favorite is freeze dried pineapple (the just fruit which is expensive at wild oats) and dried cherries (also not cheap).

I have just turned the oven off when I have had to pick up the kids and left it in the warm oven. Just test if it is dried out enough when you return.

(I got this from the paper and there were all different kinds of options of things to try - different nuts, flavorings, and fruits - you could get some ideas on line for what you like.)"

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