I got in yesterday after a particularly gruelling day; I'm swamped with Uni assignments at the minute, and was really hungry after a session at the gym! I didn't want to spoil my dinner though, and was really fancying some crisps. Instead of grabbing a packet out of the cupboard, I decided to make this healthier verison.
Healthier crisps
Preheat oven to 180C. Thinly slice one potato (you can use regular white potatoes, or sweet potatoes!). You can either slice them with a normal knife or if you want them to be really thin and crispy you can make the slices with a vegetable peeler. Season with salt, black pepper and/or dried rosemary.
Spray a baking tray with cooking spray and arrange the slices in a single layer. Put them in the oven, then keep an eye on them as they cook fairly quickly depending how thinly you sliced them. If the slices are a little on the thicker side, you might want to flip them during cooking.
Tzatziki
Pour the half cup of yoghurt into a bowl. Grate in a small amount of garlic, I used half a clove but you don't want it to be too overpowering so maybe grate some in, stir it and taste. When you're happy with the garlic level, grate the cucumber into the yoghurt mixture and stir well to combine. Add a little ground black pepper to taste.
These were delicious, and really curbed my craving!
Do you have any healthy alternatives for your favourite junk food?
4 comments:
Oh, it's been so long since I've made chips in the oven! ANd I've never made tzatziki. I love the idea of the hot "crisps" :P with the cooling, tangy dip. Yum!
Mmm, Tzatziki. There's a town in Florida called Tarpon Springs, it's a greek town and they have some of the best tzatziki.
As for my platelet numbers, I don't do anything but take a baby aspirin once a day (and most days I don't even remember to take it -oops!) It's been going down on it's own :)
This is wonderful. I love healthy snacks.I followed you from the foodie blog roll and I'd love to guide Foodista readers to your site. I hope you could add this tzatziki widget at the end of this post so we could add you in our list of food bloggers who blogged about tzatziki,Thanks!
Homemade sweet potato fries instead of regular fries. YUM!
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