One of my favorite things to buy from Trader Joe's is their Vegetable Root Chips. It is a mixture of sweet potato, taro, batata, and parsnip. The only problem is, they aren't the healthiest snack I could choose since they have been fried in canola oil. So as a request from a friend I attempted to make my own. I purchased beets, yams, taro root, and parsnip. Along with a new kitchen gadget, the mandoline so that I would be able to achieve a thinner slice with the vegetables.
Ingredients:
- 4 yams
- 4 taro roots
- 1 parsnip
- 1 large beet
- Olive oil
- Sea salt
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Peel each vegetable
- Using a mandoline slice each vegetable into thin slices
- Lay flat on cooking sheet
- Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt
- Place in oven, checking periodically to make sure that vegetables do not burn and to flip them over to the other side
I found that each vegetable will cook at a different rate, I ended up burning quite a few because they cooked a lot faster than I had expected. I was never able to get the chips as crunchy as I would have liked without burning them. The next time around I might try broiling them instead to see if that if will get them crunchy. Although, the texture was not what I was trying to achieve they ended up being a hit amongst my friends, since there was none left once they left.
Pura Vida!
Alica Ryan, NTP
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