The BIG GAME is only a few days away!!!

What are you planning on making for the game? I've found a lot of fun dishes and snacks that will keep us in line with our new eating habits AND be fun, tasty, and affordable!!

These few recipes came through my email late yesterday and I can't WAIT to share them with you here.

CHIPS AND DIP

These chips are simple, they can be made mindlessly. I think its a perfect dinner for stressful times. When you need something easy but also uplifting. I have given a dip recipe that we sometimes throw together when the fridge needs emptying. But more often than not we have these chips with mashed avocado straight up, and that is how we love them.

Chips

• 3 sweet potatoes (I have used three different varieties)
• 3 tablespoons coconut oil
• salt

1. Preheat your oven to 225 degrees Celsius or 435 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Line a large tray with baking paper.
3. Wash your potatoes.
4. Fill your sink with cold water.
5. Put your coconut oil into a small oven safe dish and place it in the oven to melt.
6. Chop the potatoes into wedges, popping the wedges into the sink of cold water as you go along. This is especially important when using the white flesh potatoes as they discolour quickly.
7. Once your oven is preheated drain the water from your sink and shake your potatoes around with your hands to remove excess water. Place the wedges into a large bowl, pour over the coconut oil and again stir it around with your hands. Spread the wedges onto your lined oven tray and sprinkle with salt. Bake for 20 minutes, gently turn and bake for another 15 minutes. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly and enjoy!

Dip

• 1 tomato
• 1 medjool date, seed removed
• 1 ripe avocado
• Juice of half a lemon
• Generous pinch of salt

Blend the ingredients until you reach your desired consistency. Serve with your chips.

This is yet another recipe that I am posting in response to a reader request. Thank you so much for all of your letters, messages, comments and ideas. I appreciate them all. Compliments of Simply Whole Foods

AND I CAN'T WAIT TO TRY THIS NEXT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHIPS - REAL CHIPS.... CAN YOU SAY IT WITH ME? Ohhh Emmm Geee.... 

Low Carb Chili Doritos

  

• ¾ cup almond meal
• ¼ cup of flax seed
• ¼ cup of coconut flour
• ¼ cup of unsalted butter (can use salted but the chip will be more salty)
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 tsp of chili pepper spice (use more if you like it extra spicy)
• 1 tsp of onion powder
• ½ tsp of cumin
• ½ tsp of paprika
• ½ tsp of salt

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line a large flat baking sheet with parchment paper.
3. Mix all of the ingredients in a food processor.
4. Divide the dough into 2 balls.
5. Place one ball between two large sheets of parchment paper.  On a flat surface use a rolling pin to flatten the dough.  Flatten the dough to the thickness of a thin cracker.
6. Lift off the top of the parchment paper.
7. Using a knife or pizza cutter, cut the dough into triangles.
8. Take off any dough leftover from cutting.  Place it with the other ball.
9. Gently lift the parchment paper with the cut dough, and invert it onto the baking sheet with the parchment paper.
10. Gently pull the parchment paper off leaving the dough on the baking sheet.
11. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 7 ½-10 minutes.  The chips are done when the dough is crispy and light brown.12.Repeat for the second ball of dough.

The recipe makes about 30 Doritos.

Serve with salsa, taco dip etc.Store the chips in a bag or container without the lid or bag closed.  It helps the chips stay crisp longer.

Nutritional Facts per serving Based on fatsecret.com / Recipe Compliments of Ditch the Wheat

1 Chip = Fat 1.58g, Net Carbs 0.62g, Protein 1.19g, Calories 42.93