Almond Flour Cheese Chips

When I’m not stuffing my face with cake (and let’s face it, ideally that would be a daily event), I try to avoid wheat and high sugar foods to help beat the bloat.

I was searching for new recipes and on my Google travels, I came across Comfy Belly and discovered a whole plethora (what a great word) of gluten and grain-free recipes. A recipe for “Nacho Cheese Chips” using ground almonds caught my eye, probably because the one thing I tend to miss the most are bready, crunchy foods.

They are absolutely addictive and very much like cheese straws. Despite the lack of flour and butter, they are flaky and light. I had to make two batches, as the first batch quickly disappeared after the kids got their grubby mitts on them. They dipped them in hummus and declared them delicious. The husband also declared them a winner, and then I had to hide them before he ate my entire stash. They’re MY crackers, man!

The recipe can be found here: http://comfybelly.com/2011/02/nacho-cheese-chips-using-almond-flour/ and I can’t really elaborate on it more – just follow the recipe and you’ll be just fine and dandy. If you can’t find almond meal or almond flour, you can try to make it in a food processor. Put blanched almonds in the processor and blitz until they are the consistency of cornmeal. If you go too far, you’ll get almond butter – which is actually a great thing and worth trying as well.

I only managed to get around 20 chips out of the batch, but they are very filling. I ate three as a snack, and would have struggled to eat more. That’s saying something.

All three kids loved them. The littlest devoured hers when she returned from nursery, demanding “Mo cackas” after each one. A winner all round. I just have to find a good hiding place for them.