Cheezy Kale Chips (Alkaline, GF, Raw, Vegan)

While in NYC, we kept seeing kale chips like this at all sorts of different places. MAN those things are PRICEY! I couldn't bring myself to buy any of them, because it was 2oz ranging in price from $7.99 to $9.99. Crazy!!! Of course, it made me come home and make my own. Nut free & actually alkaline is a rare thing and these are gooooood too!

half of the sauce before being added to the kale

Kale with cheezy sauce over it, predehydration

just finished, pulled out the dehydrator tray

a plate of yummy kale chips

Cheezy Kale Chips

2 bunches Kale
1/8 tsp paprika (optional)
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
3 TBS tahini
1/2 tsp real salt
4 TBS Bragg liquid aminos
1 C pepitas
1 red bell pepper
1 lemon, juiced
1/3 C sundried tomatoes (I use the kind that are in olive oil, but let the oil drip off before adding them)
3 TBS water
1/2 large carrot
2 green onions
1/2 C fresh spinach (optional)
3 TBS nutritional yeast (optional)

+*I usually split the batch into 2, I use one batch of kale & save half of the sauce then use it again later when I'm ready for another batch. Split in half it will make 4 trays worth of chips.*+


Rip the Kale into about 3 inch pieces, removing the spine. Place in a large bowl.

In a blender or food processor put the rest of the ingredients together & blend until creamy. 

Pour over kale pieces and work in with your hands, making sure that each piece has the cheeze covering it. Allow to sit for at least 20 minutes to "soak in". After, just lay out on dehydrator trays and dehydrate for 8-10 hours at 115 degrees.

Summer Kale Salad (Alkaline, GF, Raw, Vegan)

I haven't had many truly alkaline dishes posted on here lately, so here is a great one!  There are tons of kale salads around, and basically you can add whatever types of vegetables you want over the top, I think these go well though. The dressing is an awesome pair with kale, so even if you don't love the combo of these veggies, try the dressing over the kale. 

The salad before all of the the ingredients being tossed

The salad tossed

Salad is served!

Serves 4-6

Summer Kale Salad

1 bunch of kale (about 4-6 cups)

1 cup finely chopped sweet onion

2 small carrots, chopped or julienne sliced

1 red bell pepper, diced

1 English cucumber (2 cups chopped halves)

1 avocado, chopped or cubed

1 & 1/4 cup chopped tomatoes

¼ cup cranberries or other dried berry (exclude to make 100% alkaline)

¼ cup raw pepitas

fresh or dried herbs, personal preference (basil, cilantro and oregano go great!)

Dressing:

1/4 cup Tahini

3 garlic cloves

1/2 cup lemon juice (about 2 lemons)

1/4 cup liquid aminos

1 tbsp agave nectar (sub with 6 drops of stevia to be 100% alkaline)

2 tbsp water

2 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil

1 tsp real salt + black pepper, or to taste 

2 tbsp flaxseed

Blend all ingredients for dressing in a high powered blender. Dressing will thicken up in a few min, from the flax (intentionally). So after you blend it, if it seems thick already, you may want to add another tbs of water.

Rinse kale and tear into salad sized pieces and put into a large bowl. Marinate the kale in about half of the dressing, and make sure it gets all over the kale. Allow to sit in the fridge for at least 30 min. If you don't have time to let it marinade, before you put the dressing on, drizzle lemon juice over the kale, making sure that it's totally coated, wait for 5 min, then toss with dressing to serve after salad ingredients have been added.

When ready to serve, add salad ingredients over the top. Toss optional.

Onion Flat Bread pt 2 (Alkaline, GF, Raw, Vegan)

What can I say, I like onion bread, it goes so well with so many dips and spreads. So I make different versions of it.

a pestocado sandwich using Onion Flat bread pt 2

Makes about 5 cups of batter

2 (large) sweet onions, peeled
1 1/2 C pumpkin seeds, soaked
1/2 C raw sunflower seeds, soaked
1 1/2 tsp Real salt
1-2 cloves garlic
2/3 C flax seed, ground (I use a coffee grinder)
1/4 C chia seed, ground (if you don't have chia, you can use all flax)
2 TBS Bragg Liquid Aminos (optional)
1/4 C extra virgin olive oil


Put onions in a food processor and pulse chop, so there are still small(ish) chunks of onion. Separate from onions, mix pumpkin & sunflower seeds, garlic, salt, oil and Bragg/soy sauce and process until well ground. Now add in the ground flax and chia seeds, blend until smooth. In a large mixing bowl, mix onions with the seed mixture
In a large bowl mix, by hand, onions and the pumpkin flour/chia until well blended.
Spread onto dehydrator trays (make sure to have parchment paper down or use teflex so it doesn't fall through the cracks) and score into whatever size bread you would like. You can spread the batter as thin as you like, knowing that a thinner bread will be more like a cracker and take less time to finish.
Dehydrate for about 5 hours then turn the sheets over and dehydrate for another 12 hours or until dry and somewhat crispy.

Pumpkin Seed Pesto (Alkaline, GF, Raw, Vegan)

This is one of the BEST pesto's I've ever had. It has a buttery flavor to it, I guess it's something about the basil oil and pumpkin seeds. It makes an awesome mix to go with pasta (be it a raw version of pasta or not). It also is fabulous on a Pestocado Sandwich or just with crackers. Either way, it's simple to make and really really good to eat.

yellow squash 'noodles' tossed in  and topped with pumpkin seed pesto with sundried tomatoes and a side of Onion Flat Bread pt 2.

Makes about 3 cups

2/3 C raw pepitas (raw pumpkin seeds without the shell)
2 C packed basil
5 cloves garlic
1 tsp Real Salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 /2 C extra virgin olive oil

I recommend putting the garlic cloves into the food processor first and turn it on until basically all of them have stopped getting spun around by the blade. Then scrape down the sides and put in the basil. Pulse a few times to get a rough chop, then add in the rest of the ingredients. Some people like their pesto runnier than others, so if you like it more runny, feel free to add in more olive oil.

Kale Chips (Alkaline, GF, Raw, Vegan)

These kale chips are so great! Something resembling a healthy version of Doritos or other cheese flavored crunchy thing. They are usually gone in about 30 hrs or less around here, and there are only 2 of us eating them. We went to the local farmer's market today and there was someone selling kale chips there for $9 for a small bag, probably a bit bigger than a sandwich bag. But, they weren't even alkaline (used cashews for the base & had nutritional yeast in the mix) nor did they taste nearly as good.

The topping for the kale, the 'cheese', can be also dehydrated without the kale and used as a crumbly cheese-tasting topping for salads or wraps, or if you love the taste of cheese like I do, just to throw in your mouth from time to time.

1 large bunch of kale, washed & torn into 4-6 inch pieces

Cheese Topping
1 C pumpkin seeds, soaked 4-6 hrs, rinsed well
2 Tbs tahini
juice of 1 lemon
1 tsp RealSalt
1 red bell pepper
2 Tbs Bragg liquid aminos (or Nama Shoyu)
1 Tbs hemp seeds
1 1/2 tsp. Onion Powder
1/2 tsp. Agave syrup (optional)

Put all ingredients for the cheese into a food processor and blend until smooth. Combine with torn kale leaves, making sure each leaf is covered. Place on dehydrator try and dehydrate for about 6 hours. You can tell by looking at them if the cheese is dried all the way. The dried cheese will be lighter in color. Some dark spots are fine since it's not going to be a perfectly even coating.