Cheezy Kale Chips

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Averie Sunshine

Published: Oct 17, 2009

Updated: Feb 08, 2024

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I love kale chips and here’s my recipe with a visual guide below

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Fresh kale, chopped red bell pepper, sliced lemon, and a container of mushrooms on a kitchen countertop.
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Cheezy Kale Chips

By Averie Sunshine
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours
Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 4
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Ingredients  

  • 1 cup cashews, soaked for a few hours
  • 1 red bell pepper, de-seeded
  • 2 Tbsp Lemon Juice, juice of 1/2 a lemon
  • 3 Tbsp Nutritional Yeast
  • ½ Tsp Salt
  • Dash Black Pepper
  • Optional: 1/2 Tsp of Agave
  • Optional: Splash of water if mixture is too thick to blend
  • 1 bunch kale, washed and trimmed

Instructions 

  • Blend all ingredients (other than kale) together in your Vita-Mix, blender, or food processor. (I processed my cashews for 30 secs alone, first but not necessary)
  • Place kale in a large mixing bowl and pour sauce mixture over kale and massage it into the kale very well using your hands.
  • Dehydrate for 4 to 8 hours, or until desired crispness is reached, flipping intermittently.
  • Or, bake in a 200F oven (optionally keep with the door ajar) for about 3 hours, or until done and crispy, flipping intermittently.

Nutrition

Serving: 1, Calories: 218kcal, Carbohydrates: 16g, Protein: 6g, Fat: 16g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g, Sodium: 520mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 4g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Blend all these ingredients together  in your Vita-Mix, Blendtec, or food processor.  I processed my cashews for 30 secs alone, first.  But not necessary.

Sliced red pepper, kale, lemon and cashews on countertop

After blending

Ingredients after being blended in blender

Smooth consistency but not perfectly pureed is how I prefer it

Tamper holding up some of the blended mixture

Wash and de-stem one large bunch of kale and tear into pieces and pour the mixture on top

Kale in bowl with blended mixture poured over top

Massage in with your hands & Put on Teflex lined screens to Dehydrate

(last time I made them I didn’t have my Teflex screen liners and let’s just say the chip coating mixture leaked everywhere.  Not so fun.  I was way more prepared today!)

Mixed up kale and blended mixture placed on lined dehydrator tray

It’s unseasonably hot here today, like 100F.  I don’t need a dehydrator, I could just put my kale chips on my back patio table and roll that way.  Kidding, sort of.

But into the Magic Box they went.

Close up of covered kale on dehydrator tray

It has been suggested to dehydrate at 105 F for 12 hours.  I have a tendency to dehydrate a little warmer and for less amount of time, but that’s because I am impatient and want to start munchin’ my chips!

Close up of blended mixture over kale

….After their time in the Magic Box, I finally got to enjoy!

Finished Cheezy Kale Chips on dehydrator trays
Overhead of Kale Chips on dehydrator tray

Thin-n-crispyraw vegan kale chip

Hand holding up one crispy Cheezy Kale Chip

Some of them still have a lil of the chunky red pepper action going onbecause the coating mixture was smooth-ish but not totally pureed as I noted

Up close of hand holding front of Kale Chip

And if they make it a container, you can put all your chippy’s into a reusable container or just devour 2 screens worth at once.  I won’t tell.  Promise.  They are savory, cheesy, crunchy, and I totally wouldn’t blame you!

Large Kale Chip on dehydrator tray
 
 
 
Have you ever tried or made kale chips?

 

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  9. I am absolutely loving your recipes, yoga moves, and reviews on your blog. Thank you for always putting up great things!!!

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  10. thanks for the PROBAR shout out. fruition has been an office favorite and we are hoping to wow ya'll with more cool flavors. Thanks Averie!

    -Adam
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  11. Averie – Hey, I love the hair! I'm glad you were able to find someone who does your hair like you like… that's one of the problems with moving… having to find new places to get stuff done (eye doctor, hair stylist, vet, etc). The DIY pictures look good… it's funny and difficult to try to get a picture of yourself at the angle that you think makes sense. :P Plus the lighting in bathrooms seem to hate the camera, at least mine does, and for some reason that lighting can't be fixed with photo editing software either!

    Anyway, you did great and Skylar is adorable showing her highlights! :)

    All your chocolate desserts look amazing, my brain says, "Must.make.chocolate.now!"

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  12. I LOVE LOVE LOVE your hair Averie!! The highlights look beautiful! Seeing you and Skylar stand side by side – now i see where she gets her lovely smile from.

    I know I say this every time I read your blog, but I am seriously salivating over those chocolate pictures. Can it get any easier than that? I had some of Chris' pumpkin pie cheesecake for his birthday dessert at dinner tonight so I won't be making any raw desserts right now, but you can bet your booty I'll be doing so tomorrow. I still have pre-soaked cashews in the fridge waiting to be used. That was for another raw cheesecake! I have some avocados in the fridge, too – now I know what I can use them for.

    That side crane pose is crazy – you are too cool for words. :)

    I love your attitude about returning things and it's refreshing to see you stand up for yourself and speak your mind. My mom is the same way – she said it comes with age. I guess I'm not quite old enough yet, because I stand up for myself with some things (returning grocery items that were bad, things I decided I didn't want…unopened of course) but I've never had the balls to go back to a salon and ask for a refund. My mom has complained to me so many times about botched haircuts and/or colorings and I always tell her to go back. She recently went back to have the lady fix it but she's never asked for a refund. I don't blame you!!

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  13. That over-the-head shot is so cool! The highlights look woven. very nice, you blonde bombshell you :)

    Fab tshirt! I saw Gena wearing it in one of her posts and I admired it then. Looks adorable on you :)

    The choc mousse…we make that too! We call it pudding…so creamy and good!

    Skylar is cute as a button, posing with you. You're a lucky mama :)

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  14. awwww, i love seeing you and skylar having mommy/daughter moments. so cute!!

    get the eff out with that mousse!

    oh, and btw, i laughed out loud at the line about you sitting around eating bon bons all day…love you!

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  16. that mousse looks wonderful! we made a similar one at the restaurant using coconut meat instead of avocados.. the avocado bitterness is a little hard to mask
    love the eat raw, live long shirt! i have the pink baseball style one :D
    will you please teach me how to do side crow??? i'm working on it, but no luck so far
    have a great night!

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