Healthier chip swap????

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  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    alicebhsia wrote: »
    Plentils lentil and potato chips. they are so good especially the Margherita Pizza flavor if you can find them anywhere, but i've also had the sea salt and dill flavor i think it was. all were good. or Veggie Straws, yes! i have a thing for french fries and have taken to eating sauteed (actually braised) green beans. they kind of feel like a french fry in the hand. maybe some big carrots cut fancy on the diagonal with a mandoline and salted would satisfy your chip craving.

    Spray green beans with olive oil, salt, and roast about 15 minutes and they get beautifully crispy.
  • tblackburn80
    tblackburn80 Posts: 16 Member
    Two suggestions (sorry if these have been suggested already)- sweet potato cut into thin slices, brush a thin layer of oil of your choice (the healthier the better!) And seasoning of your choice and bake until crispy. Also, won ton wrappers cut into fourths- same with oil, seasoning and baking. Won tons bake in the matter of about 5 minutes!
  • AlyssaPetsDogs
    AlyssaPetsDogs Posts: 421 Member
    I just tried kale chips (homemade) for the first time today and I’m very impressed! They were very light and crispy! Definitely making these again!
  • From9five
    From9five Posts: 60 Member
    Quakers popped rice chips are pretty amazing imo
  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
    alyssadanielle2493 wrote: »
    I just tried kale chips (homemade) for the first time today and I’m very impressed! They were very light and crispy! Definitely making these again!

    That would be my suggestion too. Kale chips are surprisingly good.
  • alicebhsia
    alicebhsia Posts: 178 Member
    edited January 2018
    @rheddmobile
    Spray green beans with olive oil, salt, and roast about 15 minutes and they get beautifully crispy.

    Thank you! i am going to have to try this!

  • Kalex1975
    Kalex1975 Posts: 427 Member
    Radishes! They're very crunchy and super low-calorie.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    The actual small bags of chips (individual size) aren't bad for calories, and presumably if you just had one bag you could stick to it. Read the labels, but most chips are just potatoes and oil (plus some seasoning depending on the type, and salt). Potatoes are, of course, potatoes, and IMO perfectly healthy, the issue with chips is oil adds tons of calories. The baked use less oil and have fewer calories, so if your concerns is calories I'd recommend the small individual sized bags of baked chips. Some have said that the individual sized bags they see are large, so check the labels or look for the smallest size -- baked should be around 150 cal or less, I'd imagine.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    That said, if you want something totally different, I'd recommend radishes and kohlrabi, raw, with some salt on them. Tasty and salty and crunchy. And very low cal.
  • hroderick
    hroderick Posts: 756 Member
    http://allrecipes.com/recipe/176957/baked-kale-chips/
  • futuresize8
    futuresize8 Posts: 476 Member
    I like the Crazy Hot PopChips - they're awesome with less fat/cals than regular chips. But if you have a cooking stone and feel like making your own, you can slice any kind of potato or root vegetable very very thin, spritz the stone with olive oil, lay the slices out in a single layer, spritz them with olive oil and a sprinkling of salt or other seasoning and bake the heck out of them (I'm thinking, like 450) checking every minute or so after five to make sure they don't burn. They're awesome plain or with dips or even a little BBQ sauce (though I find most of the BBQ sauces have a crap ton of sugar in them.) Enjoy! :)
  • lilithsrose
    lilithsrose Posts: 752 Member
    Special K Cracker Chips aren't too bad. I like the salt & vinegar flavor.
  • French_Peasant
    French_Peasant Posts: 1,639 Member
    I really like the Terra brand veggie chips--you still have to make sure to measure them carefully, as they have the same calories as regular chips, but the bag of Sweets and Beets I have at my desk gives you 50% of your vitamin A allowance, and presumably there are other micronutrient benefits that come from sweet potatoes and beets. Another key for me is to dip them in hummus or guacamole, as it provides an additional serving of a vegetable, while the fat helps with satiety. YMMV. Another good dip might be 0% fat Greek yogurt dolled up with lemon juice, green onions and herbs.

    But if I want a bag of regular chips, I have them, and just fit them into my calories for the day.
  • JenSD6
    JenSD6 Posts: 454 Member
    There's no real substitute for me for good old salt & vinegar chips, but when I'm craving salty/crunchy, I'll make snack-sized popcorn bags with seasoning. Or another old standby is White Cheddar rice cakes with added Buffalo popcorn seasoning.
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  • French_Peasant
    French_Peasant Posts: 1,639 Member
    crazyravr wrote: »
    French_Peasant wrote: »
    I really like the Terra brand veggie chips--you still have to make sure to measure them carefully, as they have the same calories as regular chips, but the bag of Sweets and Beets I have at my desk gives you 50% of your vitamin A allowance, and presumably there are other micronutrient benefits that come from sweet potatoes and beets. Another key for me is to dip them in hummus or guacamole, as it provides an additional serving of a vegetable, while the fat helps with satiety. YMMV. Another good dip might be 0% fat Greek yogurt dolled up with lemon juice, green onions and herbs.

    But if I want a bag of regular chips, I have them, and just fit them into my calories for the day.

    I also love the Terra chips. Portion them out and mix in with a bowl of popcorn. My favorite is the Mediterranean mix.

    DEFINITELY the best! I am, regrettably, working my way through grabbed-by-accident unsalted sweets and beets...they're fine, especially as vehicles for guac, but nothing holds a candle to the Mediterranean!
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