Happy Labor Day Weekend to everyone celebrating!
This weekend should be about chips
Vegan GF Crackers (Homemade Mary’s Crackers, can make sweet or savory)
Dips
Sweet Corn Salsa with Mango, Lime, Red Pepper
And maybe some Trips
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And of course, time with your friends & family!
Questions:
1. Fave chips?
I’m going with Doritos!
And homemade raw vegan kale chips as a close second! You can make them in the oven, too.
2. Fave dips?
This is hard because I love dips, sauces, dressings. I’ll take a little food along with the big bowl of dip.
Guac, spinach and artichoke dip, any kind of dips that you can bake and get sort of thick “top layer” on them, raw dips, cold dips, hummus, you name it, I really never met a dip I didn’t like.
But, easy on the added sodium, garlic, and onions. Not a fan of those things.
3. Taking any trips or doing anything special this weekend?
No trips for me. I am happily staying put for awhile. I had a really crazy July and August was plenty busy, so I am glad to be hunkered down this weekend in San Diego.
Finding Some Calm, I hope.
And Finding Some Happy, as my friend Marla blogged about.
We’ll be avoiding the beaches, though, since the traffic and commotion on holiday weekends on the beaches here is just insane!
P.S. Here’s a link to my 4th of July Holiday Recipes Post in case you need any inspiration
And here was my Labor Day Weekend Recipes Post, 2010
loving the kale chips!!!!!!!!!! they are the best. just takes awhile to wash the leaves and spread out-it’s so much easier to throw in a smoothie!
I had some fab spinach and artichoke dip the other day. Baked and yummy!
I’m a huge fan of your kale chips recipe. Got me started on them many moons ago! I have a question about your cheezy hemp dip: do you think the recipe would work with hemp protein powder in place of the ground hemp? I have plenty of the former and am currently out of the latter, heh. Thanks!
glad you like my kale chip recipe!
hemp/cheezy dip…you could use more sunflower seeds, less/none hemp seeds..really whatever you do will be “fine”. I never use hemp protein powder b/c I personally think it ALL tastes very earthy and I am not a fan but if you can get paste the taste, then go for it :) Just keep blending/using ratios of things til you get a taste and texture that you like.
1. favorite chip: stacy’s sea salt pita chips dipped in my…
2. favorite dip: baked spinach and artichoke dip
YUM!
no plans this weekend except relaxing at home which is 100% perfection for me after a loooong and packed summer!!
baked spinach and artichoke dip = probably my fave dip ever too!
and i love those stacy’s. the gluten kills me but I do love their taste.
I was at the store recently and there was a ‘buy this, get this free’ deal going on and the freebie was jalapeno flavored tortilla chips. Oh my goodness they were good! I tried making the baked version of the kale chips, but couldn’t use the cashews because of a nut allergy and they didn’t turn out great. :/ I’m going to tweak the recipe a bit and try again. We’re car shopping/buying this weekend. Not great fun, but necessary. Hope you have a great one!!!
cashews really help make the chips go from so-so to great. if you have a nut allergy, I’d try sunflower seeds or even pine nuts (but they are expensive)…so use soaked sunflower seeds would be my tip
And also with baking..it does take awhile. You have to flip,turn, repeat… and be diligent about it but worth it in the end :)