Begin with Chard Chips & Kale Chips

Changing a complete diet habit is a huge endeavor. I'm beginning with baby steps. Making delicious chips! I can eat chips everyday and so can my family so this is where my journey of change will begin.

Focus: Everyday stay with my goal. Plan ahead. Get stuff for chips.

Chard chips. So easy to grow yet so bitter. (Cancel out bitterness with citric acids using limes, lemons, pineapples, etc...)

You will need:

Food dehydrator and a blender. (Read notes below)

Salad spinner

Very large bowl

3 Bunches chard washed, stems removed and spun in salad spinner.

Place chard in bowl.

¼ cup olive oil

4 Basil sprigs including leaves and flowers

1 lime juiced

A few chunks of fresh pineapple for sweetness

Blend together in blender until creamy.

(If you want spicy chips add 1-2 tsp cayenne powder or paprika)

(If you want Italian chips add 1-2 tablespoons Italian seasoning)

Mix together with gentle friskiness. You need to massage the mixture all over every chard leaf.

Fill trays in food dehydrator by laying each leaf out. Try not to do too much overlapping. You don't need to break the leaves up, they break when you remove them from the trays

Sprinkle heavily with sea salt.

Place into dehydrator.

145' for 4 hours or until very crisp

Food dehydrator notes:

If you are serious about going vegetarian you NEED A FOOD DEHYDRATOR!

This one is my favorite. I bought the tray inserts, including all the liners for fruit rolls and such. https://excaliburdehydrator.com/

Blender notes:

You are going to NEED A BLENDER THAT MEANS BUSINESS.

I use the Blendtec, it's very old now, and still going.

https://www.blendtec.com/

I'm not getting paid for these suggestions, they're just what I've used and loved. Do some research and find something you can sink your trust into. These will be your biggest purchases on this journey.