Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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I have a Terra root veggie chip dependency. I know they are not Paleo as they are fried in grain oil.

Found these at the health food store today e.com/products/chips.html. They are done in Palm Oil with no other ingredients because the veggies and salt. I can't recall if Palm Oil is okay - is it Palm Kernel oil that's the bad one?

I guess I just just break down one of these days and learn how to make them.

flag	asked Oct 1 at 18:54 Renee 11.1k●1●4●42

"Ingredients: Non-hydrogenated palm oil, plantain, parsnip, cassava, sweet potato, beet, salt." --it's interesting that oil is the first ingredient... That's odd. – Dan Oct 1 at 19:07

Odder is that on the bag itself it's listed as the second to last ingredient, after all the veggies but before the salt. – Renee Oct 1 at 19:26

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Sounds like a carb addition in disguise? When I want crunchy and chip-like, we get banana chips fried in coconut oil from the bulk bins at the health food store. They are great with quacamole! – NewEra Oct 1 at 19:29

Palm oil and palm kernel oil are both okay, IMHO. Palm kernel oil is much more saturated than regular palm oil. (Palm kernel is ~81% saturated; palm is ~41% and ~40% mono.) – Amy B. Oct 1 at 19:52

Shari Bambino · Answer 1 · 2012-10-02 02:21:52Z UTC

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Inka Plantain chips. Unflavored only. Good stuff!

answered Oct 2 at 2:21

Shari Bambino
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Amy B. · Answer 2 · 2012-10-01 19:55:06Z UTC

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You could try these:

Root Veggie Chips

Personally though, I see no reason why you couldn't deep-fry them in lard or coconut oil if you had it available.

answered Oct 1 at 19:55

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Julie · Answer 3 · 2012-10-01 20:56:25Z UTC

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Have you tried making your own kale chips? I know they sound insubstantial and lame, but they're surprisingly awesome.

answered Oct 1 at 20:56

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Love kale chips but I can't eat em, too gassy. – Renee Oct 1 at 21:49

Tamara · Answer 4 · 2012-10-02 01:28:01Z UTC

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I thought they used canola? Canola is evil but if they're using palm oil now, I'm going to be back on them in a minute.

answered Oct 2 at 1:28

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Oh, you meant the other hippy chips. Darn. I tried making Kale chips once because they ARE delicious, but I suck at making them. – Tamara Oct 2 at 1:30

Alvaro · Answer 5 · 2012-10-02 01:41:01Z UTC

I hope you like my recipe for carrot chips, it is simple and can be applied to green plantains and sweet potatoes.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=362425050506424&set=pb.239747249440872.-2207520000.1349141886&type=1&theater

A Paleo alternative to Terra chips?

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