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My mission is to get the healthiest foods into my beloved family that I can. In order to do that, sometimes I need to get creative. I need to take cues from foods they like and figure out how I can create something similar with the foods I want them to eat.
Meghan likes pancakes? Why not make veggie pancakes? Tim has a serious need for chocolate? How about a low-sugar vegan chocolate pie?
This recipe took cues from Meghan and her love of crunchy foods like chips and crackers. Give that girl a cracker and she’ll be your best friend for life. All right, kid. You want crunch? You got it. Enter the crispy vegetable chips.
My first step in creating a vegetable chip that would pass the Meghan test was buying a mandoline. I didn’t get all fancy, but just a standard $20 version. Let me tell you; it was the best $20 I ever spent. 
This thing works magic. I can get a big bowl of uniform, thin vegetable slices in no time flat.
I’m not going to say you absolutely have to have a mandoline for this recipe. If you don’t have one, you might just need some crazy knife skills. My attempts at creating crispy vegetable chips with free hand slicing have not been spectacular. I always slice too thick and end up with soft chips. Not what I’m going for here.
I recommend getting a mandoline. It will save you time and effort and create vegetable slices that bake up to crispy chips like no other. I’ve had mine about a month and we’ve been devouring these on a regular basis.
The recipe below is adaptable. I’ve made it with all beets or all sweet potatoes. I’d love to try other vegetables, too, but haven’t gotten around to it yet. No vegetable is safe, though, now that I’ve gotten my hands on a mandoline.
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Crispy baked sweet potato & beet chips
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 2 - 4 servings 1x
Description
A healthier chip alternative
Ingredients
- 1–2 beets, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 large sweet potato, thinly sliced (I don’t bother to peel the sweet potatoes)
- olive oil cooking spray
- sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Generously spray 2-4 baking sheets with the olive oil cooking spray. {If you have a gigantic oven, you can do these all at once. Lucky you. I have to do mine in batches, so I only use two sheets.}
- Place the thin slices on the baking sheet so they are not touching or overlapping.
Spray the top with the olive oil spray and sprinkle with your desired amount of sea salt. Bake for 10 minutes, then remove the trays and flip the chips over. {I find the easiest way to do this is using a fork to lift the chip off the pan and then flipping the chip over with my fingers.} Bake for another 5-9 minutes. You really just have to watch the chips at the end to catch them at just the right time and not allow them to burn. When they look like they are just starting to brown, they are ready. The timing seems to be different for me each time; it really depends on your oven, the size of your chips, etc.- When you first pull them out of the oven, they will not feel crispy. Allow them to sit for a minute or so on the pan and they will crisp up. If they don’t, they need another minute or two in the oven. These should be crispy, not soft or soggy at all!
- Continue with the next batch if needed and then…enjoy!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Snacks
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 of 2 servings
- Calories: 147
- Sugar: 9.5g
- Sodium: 174mg
- Fat: 7g
- Carbohydrates: 19.5g
- Protein: 2g
These crispy vegetable chips have been a big hit around here. If you have a toddler or big kid who is reluctant to eat a ton of veggies, but loves crispy chips and crackers, give these a try. If you don’t have kids, but just want more ways to love on veggies, give these a try. If you don’t have kids and don’t like veggies, I can’t imagine why you are reading this blog, but if you are, give these a try. You just might change your mind about vegetables.
Question: Where do you get your recipe inspiration?
Mmmmm! I’m going to buy a mandoline today for my farmer’s market beets! Thanks!
For a special treat you could dip them in plain Greek yogurt with seasoning salt, onion powder and dill….. 🙂
Oh, yum! Great suggestion. 🙂
These look delicious! Quite a delicious-looking alternative to regular greasy potato chips!
ps the beet chip idea is genius! 🙂 thanks for sharing!
I LOVE my veggie slicer! I got mine for about 5$ and I agree with you that it is a miracle worker! 🙂
Those look SO good! My friend buys sweet potato/beet chips from WF’s and they are to die for! I can’t imagine home made.
Maryea, Have you tried carrot chips yet? I know weelicious.com has a carrot chip recipe on her site. I think she may also have pear and apple chips, too. I just bought a mandoline today through Amazon when I was ordering some birthday gifts for my oldest. I cannot wait to get it.
No, I haven’t tried carrot chips. I was ready to try them one day, but Tim talked me out of it. He thought they’d be too small and would “shrivel up”. Let me know if you try carrots!
The carrots won’t be so small if you slice them at an angle on the mandolin so they come out more like an oval than a circle.
Those look like those Terra Chips.
I got a mandoline for a wedding gift over a year ago and have never used it. Oops.
You need to use it! I wish I wouldn’t have waited so long to buy one.
Why have I never thought of making my own veggie chips?? I use my mandolin for potato chips anyways… Can´t wait to try it, thanks for the recipe!
btw, I got some bananas in the freezer 😉
Those look awesome! I am buying a mandolin for sure. We all love chips in our house and what a great idea.
fabulous recipe!!!
“When you first pull them out of the oven, they will not feel crispy. Allow them to sit for a minute or so on the pan and they will crisp up. If they don’t, they need another minute or two in the oven. These should be crispy, not soft or soggy at all”–
THANKS for that tip!!
I have a mandolin, never use it after almost slicing my thumb off once! yikes!
Just posted on TWO blogs right before yours how great beets are. It’s my day to talk beets I guess!
I hope my husband doesn’t see this comment. When I brought the mandoline home he said, “That’s the most dangerous tool in the kitchen!” and if he’s home when I want to use it, he insists on doing the slicing. (You want to help in the kitchen? Sure, honey!)
What a great idea!!
What a great idea!
I really need a mandoline! My attempts at slicing veggies evenly hasn’t worked either. Those chips look so good though I think I need to go shopping for one to make these for my hubby. He’s a huge chip fan. Plus, I love sweet potato chips so this would be perfect for me 😀
Oooo! This is crazy – I have a post that is mostly written to go up tomorrow about baked potato chips. We just discovered our mandolin in the basement when we were cleaning shelves! That thing is amazing. I’ll link to this post for other veg options to bake!
Thanks, Carissa! I wish I would have gotten a mandoline sooner–it really is amazing.
Mmm, these look amazing! I want to (and probably will) run out and buy a mandolin just so I can make these! I love shop-bought vegetable crisps, but these look even better, and I suppose I’ll give a few to the children too!! 😀
I was just about to ask you yesterday about the yummie-looking sweet potato chips you had next to your eggs & avocado sandwich. I’ve been considering buying a mandoline for quite some time and you’ve convinced me to get one. 🙂 Thanks for all of the inspiration!
I’m totally getting a mandoline. Tomorrow. Those look awesome! I sort of have a thing for beets anyway, so a new way to make them is always a good thing! I bet even Jace will eat these!
The beet chips are the best! I typically like sweet potatoes better than beets, but when it comes to the chips, I loooove the beets. So good.
Genius! My kids love chips and I think they would devour these. Plus it is a good excuse to get that mandoline that I’ve been wanting 🙂 Thx for sharing!
Oh my, I cannot wait to try these out on my kids. They love any kind of chip and I certainly don’t keep them in the house unless we need tortilla chips for taco night. I might need to go buy a mandoline, though. It looks like something I can’t live without.
I love my mandolin, it helps out so much when making things like this! …Beet chips, I think I need to find some beets ASAP! I didn’t plant mine deep enough so they aren’t big enough….
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