Kids said it tastes like Crazy Bread!

[Rawkinlocs]

Okay, so when Sweetlips first shared the Bell Pepper Cracker recipe with me, I tried it and admit that I had to substitute the red pepper for green as the store didn't have any other color than green and I had to substitute (in part) cashews with other nuts as I didn't have enough cashews on hand. The crackers were good, but different than what I have in there NOW!

This time, I followed the recipe to the letter and sprinkled some nutritional yeast and a little sea salt on top. I pulled out a couple and spread some of Alissa's Marinara Sauce on top. OH MY GOODNESS was it ever good! I made all of my kids try it and my little brother. They all (with the exception of my son) liked it and said it tastes like Crazy Bread (Little Caeser's Pizza's breadsticks). My oldest son hates garlic and therefore, didn't like the sauce on it, but liked them plain.

This is a real winner, especially when craving something "cheesy" and can easily fill the desire for pizza in my book!

Just wanted to share and in case you missed the recipe for the crackers here it is again:

"Bell Pepper Crackers" as previously posted by Sweetlips
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1 whole bell pepper (not green)
1/4-1/3 C cashews (can also use pine nuts)
salt to taste
spices (opt)- I used a little onion powder, garlic powder, and a dash of paprika
1 slice of jalopeno -Thankfully I had some that I had dried and stored!
1-2 TBS of nutritional yeast flakes (opt)

blend all ingred till smooth. pour onto a teflex and dehydrate over night, flip over onto the mesh sheet and dehydrate until done (not moist and a bit crispy).

[Curtis]

Thanks Raw for the update on making this. On my calendar to make after juice fasting for awhile. :)

[FEELIN'GOOD]

Oh Rawkinlocs, you don't know how I have needed something like this! I strayed from my challenge because of CRAZY BREAD! I even wrote it in my journal a few days ago! I'm starting the juice fast with Futterfly, Alissa and a few others tomorrow, so this will be my light at the end of the tunnel recipe! Thanks a million!

[Msgrateful]

Hi. Thanks so much for your many contributions to my raw lifestyle. You and RP have been a major help. I can't wait to try this recipe but am a little unclear regarding an ingredient. You said you followed the initial recipe to the letter but in posting the recipe you said not to use a green bell peppper. Do I use red or green?

[Beckla]

Wow - I SO needed this!! THANK YOU!!

[luna99]

ooh, that sounds scrumptious! I'm not a bell pepper fan though, red or green, do you think it'd be ok with out it?

and did you make it flat, like a cracker? or shape it to look more like bread or a breadstick? I guess if you did a breadstick type shape, the dehydration would take longer right?

thanks so much!!

[trinity082482]

That recipe looks so good! I should make some this weekend I'll have to buy some jalapeño and some yeast.

[Tirza]

ooh, that sounds scrumptious! I'm not a bell pepper fan though, red or green, do you think it'd be ok with out it?

and did you make it flat, like a cracker? or shape it to look more like bread or a breadstick? I guess if you did a breadstick type shape, the dehydration would take longer right?

thanks so much!!

I am thinking that the red pepper combines with the nutritional yeast to make the cheesy flavor, so I don't think I would want to omit that. You could try though.

She says to blend all ingredients until smooth and then pour onto Teflex sheet. Sounds soupy to me. I guess you could cut them in whatever shape you liked.

I wonder how thick it starts out and ends up? I'm almost visualizing this as a cheesy chip...in fact...this is reminding me of a recipe I saw for cheese slices. It is also the same ingredients for cheese sauce. So if you just pour it on the sheet and dehydrate, you could stop while it is still sort of soft and cut it up for cheese slices. But a crisp cracker sounds SUPER.

Gonna go try it now.

[luna99]

Gonna go try it now.

oooh, please let us know how it goes.

I don't see how red pepper adds to a "cheesy" taste.. to me red peppers taste GROSS! haha. but thanks for the suggestions!

[Nini]

I just made these! I only had 1/2 red bell pepper, but I did it anyway. They SMELL cheezy and TASTE cheezy! I can't wait for them to be crunchy!

[trinity082482]

"Bell Pepper Crackers

1 whole bell pepper (not green)
1/4-1/3 C cashews (can also use pine nuts)
salt to taste
spices (opt)- I used a little onion powder, garlic powder, and a dash of paprika
1 slice of jalopeno -Thankfully I had some that I had dried and stored!
1-2 TBS of nutritional yeast flakes (opt)

blend all ingred till smooth. pour onto a teflex and dehydrate over night, flip over onto the mesh sheet and dehydrate until done (not moist and a bit crispy).

Hi Rawkinlocs,

Is it okay to use onions and garlic chopped up instead of the powders? I don't have any of the powders mentioned. If I could mince it up nice and tiny would it change the texture dramatically?

[Nini]

Is it okay to use onions and garlic chopped up instead of the powders? I don't have any of the powders mentioned. If I could mince it up nice and tiny would it change the texture dramatically?

I'm not rawkinlocs, but I don't see why it would matter if you used a bit of fresh instead!

[luna99]

I just made these! I only had 1/2 red bell pepper, but I did it anyway. They SMELL cheezy and TASTE cheezy! I can't wait for them to be crunchy!

that's promising.. maybe I'll only use 1/2 of one! mmmm.

[Ama]

Do you think I can do it without the 1 slice of jalopeno? I don't have any of that... Can I add some chili powder instead or just leave it out... anyone have any ideas?

[juliebove]

This is just the recipe I was looking for because earlier today I was wondering what to do with my red peppers that will go bad soon if they don't get used. I also have a ton of cashews because there were getting eaten like mad for a while and sure enough when I stocked up, they stopped getting eaten. I was also looking for ways to use nutritional yeast.

But I have a stupid question. What is crazy bread? Somewhere in the back of my mind I am thinking it was or is something delivered by a pizza place. If so, I've never had it. I'm not much of a pizza person. When we lived in NYC I couldn't bring myself to order from one of those chains when there were so many authentic pizzarias and delis out there that delivered. And after moving back to WA, I only ordered a few times from Pizza Hut when they were just around the corner from me.

Oh duh! Never mind. I saw Little Ceasar's breadsticks when I re-read that to get the recipe.

We used to have Little Ceasar's here years ago. In fact there was one near where I worked. I got their pizza a few times but I had to time it just right. They seemed to have only one kind available at lunch. Pepperoni. If I got in there just as they were putting the cheese on I could have them bake them for me without the meat. Otherwise forget it. I think I did get the breadsticks on occasion too but I was always too full from the pizza and salad to eat them.

For some reason, they didn't remain in the area and were all gone until recently. Now there is one open near my parent's house.

*Slinks off to the kitchen now to make this*