Although I often make sweet recipes, I am actually, when it
comes down to a bit of a salty chip fiend. I can easily say no to that second
piece of cake but I can’t resist a bag of potato chips or a packet of crackers.
In fact, just the other day, I inhaled a whole packet Kettle Fries while
watching Country Calendar ( I am definitely showing my age there) before I even knew what I was doing.
So I decided I had to make some other form of savoury snack
to have rattling round in the cupboard for when I have an attack of the
munchies. As I spent a small fortune on my Excalibur dehydrator (which I love
dearly) I thought I really should make some dehydrated raw snacks.
The first cab off the rank is the cauliflower popcorn.
Cauliflower is cheap as chips at the moment, in fact I got one from Avondale
markets for 1.80 this week- score! And this vege packs a pretty impressive
nutrient punch, especially for us ladies!
In fact aside from being nutrient dense in general, cauliflower and its
mates kale, spinach and broccoli (among others) contain sulphur containing
amino acids which aid liver detoxification, in particular they help to promote the
excretion of the bad oestrogen metabolites which is pretty handy when you think
about all of the conditions which are promoted by oestrogen dominance including
fibroids, endometriosis, heavy periods and the dreaded PMS.
I also made some raw cheezy edamame bean snacks too – now yes,
edamame are soy and they are too tainted by controversy about thyroid and hormonal disruption so don’t eat them for
breakfast lunch and dinner but I’m sure a packet every now and then won’t kill
you. In fact they have lots of protein in them and I can attest to the fact
that they taste pretty good
How to make them?
I used a whole cauliflower cut into smallish florets, then
in a bowl coat them in olive oil, savoury yeast ( the more the better!) some
salt and whatever other spices you like- think cumin, coriander, turmeric,
cinnamon, you name it- the world is your oyster!
When coated spread them all on a dehydrator tray and
dehydrate at about 46 degrees for 8-10 hours.
Then eat with gay abandon!
It’s the same recipe for the edamame beans!
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