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Healthy? Vegetable Crisps (US that's chips)

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Packs of vegetable crisps can contain the equivalent of nearly 8 teaspoons of sugar.

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Although the vegetables used contain natural sugars manufacturers may add sugar, honey,molasses or Maple syrup!

As they are deep fried they are also very high in fat!

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3LittleBirds2

Wow...I had a bag these last weekend and they had a lot of sugar in them, not at all healthier than normal crisps and might as well have some chocolate!

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AgedCrone in reply to 3LittleBirds2

I did the same...dummy that I am.....just saw the word vegetables & thought healthier than regular crisp!

Ate them on the way home in the car!

Should have eaten an apple!

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Gnarli

I fell for it too and I never normally eat crisps. Parsnip crisps with garlic n stuff were very sweet and reasonably tasty but - oh - the dragon breath after. I'm not repeating the experiment.

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helixhelix

And the salt! What a con....

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benjijen

The other week I made kale crisps when my family were visiting. They loved them. So simple to make (in the oven not fried). Just google recipes for vegetable crisps. I sprinkled mine with cumin on some and paprika on others to give them a bit of a kick.

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3LittleBirds2 in reply to benjijen

Yes, I've done this with kale as well, it tastes edible this way 😊 Also sweet potatoes cut into wedges and served with a healthy dip are lovely too, at least you know what goes into them too!

in reply to benjijen

I love homemade kale chips. Yum

Sounds as healthy as a chocolate covered deep fried banana. :)

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AgedCrone

Ooooh! I'd love a Caramel covered fried banana.,

Surely just one wouldn't Hurts?

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