Baked Carrot Chips

(Preparation – 40 minutes; Serves – your choice whether to share, or not!!)

4 – 6 carrots (quantity depends on oven size and space)

2 – 3 teaspoons olive oil (or grapeseed oil, or coconut oil)

¼ teaspoon salt

Heat oven to 350ºF. Place racks in the top of the oven. Peel carrots, and either with a mandolin or vegetable peeler slice the carrots into thin strips, or slice very thinly with a knife. Place in a large bowl and drizzle with olive oil and toss to coat all the carrot strips. Season with salt (and other spices you may want to use). Spread onto the baking sheets in single layers. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes until done to crunchiness you like. Make sure you rotate the baking sheets once or twice during baking time.

Serve with ranch dressing, salsa, with hamburgers, hotdogs, soup and stews!

Holiday time is snack time! If you like to open your home to entertaining over the holidays, what to serve as snacks becomes a problem. Bills add up. Calories add up, and so does our weight! I love crunching potato chips, but they always add to my weight! When I came across this recipe, I could imagine the different spices that would add to the flavor variations. When adding the salt, consider spicing it up with cayenne, cumin, garlic salt, seasoned salt – consider the options – black pepper – make the recipe all yours! Then there are sesame seeds, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg … What would you use?

This is quick and easy, a hostess’ dream of ease and crunchy tastiness!

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