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Slice the English muffins, butter and lay Mix everything but the almonds together, then brush over the nuts.
out on a cookie sheet, lightly broil in the oven Spread onto a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Dry in a warm oven
to toast the top. Once toasted, spoon the pizza or dehydrate until they’re as crispy as you like.
sauce onto the muffins. Assemble the toppings
and cheese and bake until cheese is bubbly and HOMEMADE POTATO CHIPS FRIED IN BEEF TALLOW
toppings are hot. These can be made ahead of Organic potatoes―2 or more per person because they’re so good!
time and frozen before baking. I keep the above Beef tallow, enough to fill your deep fryer about half full
ingredients on hand for quick snacks or even a Sea salt for sprinkling on chips
fast dinner when needed. These are also a hit Your favorite spices if you want flavored chips
for kids’ parties or sleepovers―you can let each
person make his/her own. Clean and cut off the bad spots from your potatoes. Use a mandolin
slicer or your food processor to slice the potatoes so you can get chips
EASY PEANUT BUTTER DIP with a uniform thickness which will be evenly cooked. Soak potatoes for
8-ounce package organic cream cheese, a half hour in cold water, change the water and soak another half hour.
softened (never buy lowfat) (This helps to lower the starch content in the potatoes.) Dry well.
1 cup organic peanut butter or almond but- Bring your tallow to 350 degrees. Fry potatoes in small batches, flip
ter (organic soaked nut butters are best) around part-way through as needed and cook until lightly golden brown.
1/2 cup organic coconut sugar Drain on paper towels and shake on sea salt. Keep hot in a 325-degree
1/4 cup milk or cream (never buy ultra- oven until it’s time to serve. Make sure to bring the tallow back up to 350
pasteurized dairy) degrees before cooking the next batch of potato chips or they’ll be soggy.
Optional: Try shaking on some spices to make flavored potato chips!
Mix all ingredients together until creamy.
Serve with apple slices, organic crackers or RAW APPLESAUCE
homemade crisps. About 9 medium organic apples, washed
Juice from 3 organic lemons
POPCORN WITH COCONUT OIL 1/2 cup real maple syrup
2 tablespoons organic virgin coconut oil 1 cup water or kombucha tea
1/2 cup organic popcorn 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Melted butter 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice (optional)
Sea salt to season 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)
Dash of sea salt
Scoop coconut oil into your heated stove-
top popper. Add popcorn and cook. After pop- Core, remove any bad spots, and quarter 3-4 of the apples, but do
ping, add plenty of real, melted butter and toss not peel. Put them in your blender with the lemon juice, syrup, spices
to coat―about 4 tablespoons per batch or so and sea salt. If it’s too thick add some water or kombucha―this will
(it’s difficult to have too much butter, right?), depend on the type of apples. Blend until the pieces of peel are really
use more or less to your taste preference, then tiny. Pour the blended apples into a glass bowl. Peel, core and quarter
add sea salt and toss around again. Be careful the rest of the apples and blend with more water if needed. Blend until
adding the salt, you’ll want to add some, test, your desired consistency. I like to leave this batch chunkier because the
and add more ’til it’s dreamy. first batch gets quite thin when trying to get the peels very small. Stir the
second batch of apples with the first batch. Serve with whipped cream.
CHILI LIME ALMONDS You could freeze this too!
5 cups crispy almonds
1 tablespoon sea salt Kelly the Kitchen Kop is the author of KellytheKitchenKop.com and
Juice from 3 organic limes of Kitchen Kop Real Food for Rookies. Visit her website for a Grocery
Zest of 2-3 limes Cheat Sheet to help you replace the bad ingredients with the good, along
1 pastured egg white, slightly beaten with other free and helpful printable lists. Need more ideas? Be sure to
2 tablespoons butter, melted check out her blog where there’s lots of health information plus real food
3 tablespoons organic coconut sugar recipes for every craving: main dish ideas, breakfast, more snack ideas,
1 tablespoon organic chili powder and even dessert recipes that are a little better for you.

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