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 healthy snacks that will not send you back to 2011
\n<\/strong>part 2: chia chips and soybean hummus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a chia…it\u2019s a pet…it\u2019s a chia pet.\u201d<\/span><\/em> Rumor has it that chia seeds are le tendence<\/em><\/span> (the \u201cin\u201d thing) in food right now. However,  thanks to my brother, who sang that 70\u2019s jingle selling chia pets<\/span> (sprouted chia seeds on an animal-shaped moss forms), when I think of chia seeds, I think of chia pets. Today is my brother\u2019s birthday. Thinking of him, trying to be trendy (save your laughter), and unable to escape the song he \u201cplanted\u201d in my consciousness, I arrived at this week\u2019s simple pleasure<\/em>: chia chips with soybean hummus.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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These baked chips are gluten-free and made with sweet rice flour<\/span>, roasted seaweed, and matcha. Rice flour makes the chips crispy because rice flour does not absorb moisture as other flours do. When rolled and then baked, much of the olive oil is expelled from the chips which clings instead to the parchment paper and helps in the baking process.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seaweed, extremely low in calories, is a good snack and children love it (you can buy it in small, hand-ready packages at Trader Joe\u2019s<\/a>, Whole Foods<\/a> and other stores). Seaweed contains vitamins A (beta carotene), B-12, and C, and has potassium, iron, calcium, iodine and magnesium (helpful in the absorption of calcium). It is high in soluble fiber and is rumored (but unproven) to possess anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Matcha is a finely milled green tea powder which I use a lot in my cooking and baking. We have all heard of the health benefits of green tea, including everything from reducing stress and fighting bad breath to slowing the growth of leukemia, breast, prostate, kidney, skin and mouth cancer (according to Dr. David Servan-Schreiber in his book Anti-Cancer A New Way of Life<\/span>).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Matcha is even better for us because the entire leaf is consumed, not just steeped in hot water.  Matcha is high in chlorophyll and antioxidants and  acts as a detoxifier for the body by causing the liver to eliminate cancerous toxins from the body more rapidly (I am simplifying this process, but that is the result).<\/span><\/p>\n

Matcha can easily be ordered online or you can find it in tea stores such as The American Tea Room<\/a>. The chips take 10 minutes to make and about 15 minutes to bake. Make sure you roll them thinly and evenly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although the chips are tasty on their own (the rice flour and seaweed actually taste a little like bacon when baked so you can get a healthy, vegetarian bacon-fix at the same time), we are dipping them in soybean hummus.  Soybeans have \u201cdouble the protein content of other legumes and a near ideal balance of amino acids\u201d according to Harold McGee (in his book On Food and Cooking<\/span>).<\/em> Dr. Servan-Schreiber believes that green tea has particular anti-cancer benefits when combined with soy. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The hummus<\/a> takes 10 minutes to make, it stores well, and it is delicious.  The fact that it is good for us is an added bonus. <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a chia…it\u2019s a chip.<\/em>..it\u2019s a chia chip<\/em><\/span>. Feel free to sing while you bake (and eat).<\/span> <\/p>\n

Je vous souhaite un bon app\u00e9tit <\/em>!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

LM<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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chia chips<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

makes 3-4 dozen triangular crackers <\/p>\n

what you need:<\/span><\/p>\n

1 \u00bd cup sweet rice flour (Bob\u2019s Red Mill<\/a>) <\/span>
\n1  package (about 11.3 grams) roasted seaweed<\/a><\/span>
\n\u00bc teaspoon baking soda<\/span>
\n1  teaspoon kosher salt<\/span>
\n1 large egg white, room temperature<\/span>
\n3 ounces olive oil<\/span>
\n1 teaspoon matcha (optional) dissolved in 3 ounces water<\/span>
\nblack chia seeds <\/a>(as needed)<\/span><\/p>\n

how to: <\/span><\/p>\n