KALE CHIPS AND HOW TO TAME YOURSELF

I have some issues with dehydrators.

I believe that this type of food preparation might let these suppressed ‘ugly betties’ come to the surface.

Imagine – as a human being ( and I am sorry, but we all are attached to something ) – you want your dream snack right here, right now. At this point we don’t care if the message about your wants comes from the brain, from your belly or from your empty emotions. You are feeling good , because the thing you are desiring is not processed chocolate or some gluey suicide pudding.

All you want to enjoy is this famous KALE CHIP!

So, you grab my recipe , that does not have measurements, because it is time to start using our own eyes and intuition to determine how it all should look like. And imagine your own inventions once YOU, my green rockin’ friend have to figure out the amounts!

HERE IT IS :

INGREDIENTS : ( free your hands and eyes, please )

• one bunch of fresh basil
• app. 1/2 cup of pine nuts
• olive oil
• soaked dried tomato ( reserve the water )
• nutritional yeast
• app. 1 Tsp of miso ( I use chickpea miso )
• turmeric
• ground black pepper
• celtic sea salt
• rosemary
• your tomato water

The idea is to have a pretty nice flowing consistency.

Dip your kale pieces in pesto, massage and put on dehydration trays. My kale chips usually need between 6-8 hours of dehydration time.

And now the torture begins.

If you are at home, you are probably checking your kale chips every hour, half an hour..your hope is that maybe you can find one that is ready! But it is not. It needs this 8 hours to fulfill your dreams.

Sometimes this feelings reminds me of my chocolate ( magnesium ) cravings during or before my moon-girl days . I can see a resemblance this dorky TV spot about some insurance when people are yelling from their windows :

” It’s my kale chips and I need it NOW ! “

Well, sisters and brothers, dehydrator teaches us something.

The message it carries for us is : If you have taken this raw /life food nutrition trip already, you need to know your weak spots and work on them. Either prepare your kale chips the day before, BUY some for snacking here: Kale Chips (Habanero Ranch), 3.5oz or learn how to wait to get it finally and fully enjoy them. Or, simply, go for a long long walk!

p.s. I am writing this post in a public place. So, the guy comes in and the person behind the counter asks politely : ‘How are you ?’. The guy answers : ‘ Living The Dream ! ‘. Cool, huh ?
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Kale Chips (Habanero Ranch), 3.5oz