If you love potato chips, try making veggie chips at home for a healthier and flavourful new way to get your crunch on! These delicious replacement chip ideas feature vegetables like beets, kale, and sweet potatoes in recipes that are super easy to make. Kids love veggie chips, too, making it an ideal way to sneak in their daily serving of vegetables.
The healthiest option is to bake chips fresh at home, but you can also buy them in many stores.
Veggie chips may be addictive, but when they’re full of disease-fighting antioxidants, vitamins, and fibre, you can feel good eating as much as you want! Enjoy your favourite crunchy and salty snack without all of the added oil and calories with these five yummy recipes.
1. Beet Chips
Beets are some of the most colourful and vibrant vegetables out there and can be used to make chips that are as tasty as they are beautiful! This sweet root vegetable is full of healthy, detoxing betalains, an antioxidant that gives beets their pink hue. This recipe for Baked Beet Chips gives you the crisp crunch you want from a chip - without the fryer. Try leaving the beets on the baking sheets to cool to make the chips even crispier!
2. Carrot Chips
Almost everyone has a bag of carrots in their fridge at some point - but how do you get your kids to eat them? By turning them into chips, of course! Carrots, olive oil, and salt are all you need to create a tasty, crispy snack! This recipe for Easy Carrot Chips uses a vegetable peeler to make thin strips of carrots that are baked until they have the perfect crunch. This is a great side dish for children’s meals or a fun snack any time.
3. Kale Chips
Kale is good for so much more than salads. This incredible leaf (a member of the cabbage family) bakes into the perfect crunchy chip. Adding nutritional yeast turns the kale chips into a vegan cheesy indulgent snack, similar to other well-known cheese-flavoured chips. Kale is one of the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet, and nutritional yeast adds even more vitamins to this naturally delicious snack. These Baked “Cheesy” Kale Chips are so good; you’ll want to make a second batch!
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4. Parsnip Chips
Parsnips are a vegetable you may not normally eat but should! They look similar to carrots and are also closely related to parsley. These slightly sweet root vegetables are the perfect healthy substitute for potato chips. They’re readily available in major grocery stores and light in flavour, and when baked, they take on the same appearance and texture as potatoes. This recipe for Sea Salt and Black Pepper Parsnip Chips delivers the same great taste and crunch of other salt & pepper kettle chips, but with way more nutritional value!
5. Sweet Potato Chips
Sweet potato chips, just like sweet potato fries, are the perfect accompaniment to regular potatoes. True to their name, sweet potatoes have a distinctively warm, sweet flavour and offer far more nutritional value than their cousins - they’re an abundant source of beta-carotene and vitamin A. This recipe for Baked Sweet Potato Chips is easy to follow and delivers delicious results. With a bit of olive oil, a pinch of salt, and an oven, you can get sweet potato chips that are crispy, light, and flavourful. Try topping these chips with black beans, salsa, and cheese for nachos!
Bonus: For a sweet option, try making these easy Cinnamon Sugar Sweet Potato Chips. They have the perfect light dusting of sweet cinnamon sugar to bring out the sweet potato’s flavour. The recipe is super easy - all you need is one sweet potato, some cinnamon sugar, and a pinch of sea salt.
The next time you’re craving a salty, crunchy snack food, trying baking up one of these delicious veggie chips!
