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Whole wheat tortillas, brush with a little olive oil and salt, cut in triangles with a pizza cutter and then put in the oven for a couple minutes to crisp it up. Healthy.

I do the same thing as Marie-Eve, except I use regular ole corn tortillas. Much better than the baked ones you buy in a bag.

I do the same thing as the commentors above, except with pita bread! Just cut the pita open to two pieces, then cut up the circles into triangles. Brush with olive oil and salt (also could add paprika/garlic/etc) and broil for a few minutes. Thin crispy and delicious.

aren't plaintain chips fried? at least all the ones i've ever had are.

I do like for desert: pita bread, a brush of margarine or olive oil, a sprinkle of cinamon and a bit (a bit..) of brown sugar under the broiler for 1-2 minutes.

But that would be horrible with salsa ;)

Back to the salsa: celery stick, salsa and a small amount of low-fat cream cheese isn't a bad snack.

I never found plantain that wasn't fried...So if I'm not mistaking it would be the same as eating chips...

i frequently eat salsa with celery sticks. carrots are good too, but they don't work as well.

When I make plantain chips I always bake them. If you slice them thin enough they get nice and crispy like you might get at a restaurant (and oh the plantain chips and black bean dip at La Parrilla in Lawrence, KS cause me cravings often enough) and it just takes a little olive oil.

Pop Chips are amazing. Not necessarily health food, but taste just like chips (they are chips) but way less fat and calories.

guiltless gourmet tortilla chips are so yummy, there is no reason to deny the pleasure of chips and salsa - OLE~

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Don't we need to know what about chips, exactly, is not good for Lindsey? Maybe it's not the fat--maybe it's the carbs. I'd be interested in low-carb substitutes (kale chips are low-carb, but would never stand up to salsa). Celery sticks would work, too (thanks, chi_cass and Marie-Eve).

Low-fact triscuits. There's something nice about these crackers with salsa or hummus. :)

Wonton wrappers! This is my latest discovery. You cut the wonton wrappers diagonally in half, lay them on parchment paper, spray with pam, sprinkle with salt and then bake until brown (350), they are perfect. They are strong enough for salsa and crispy, too! The brand I buy are really low in calories and fat.

Maybe not the best for salsa but we like using endive leaves for serving guacamole. They provide a great contrast to the flavor and are the perfect size and shape to hold the dip. They would probably work for a thick salsa as well.

Why not make your own baked veggie chips? They don't require any oil and only have as much salt as you choose to add, so they're much healthier.

Use a vegetable peeler to shave off thing chips of potato, beet, sweet potato, carrot, parsnip, and other root veggies ...

Lay in a single layer on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with some salt or other seasonings. Bake at 400F, for 30-60 minutes, until desired crispness is reached. I usually peel them away from the parchment paper after about 20 minutes.

it's still a chip, but whole foods does a really nice organic yellow corn tortilla chip with sesame and flax seeds. they are more robust than a regular ol' chip, come in at 5 g of fat per serving (15 chips), and have no cholesterol. i would also recommend putting out smaller chip bowls, it might help!

I use Finn Crisps when I'm craving that chip crunch. They are thin, thin, thin little rye bread crisps that hold up well with a thick dip like hummus or even a smear of laughing cow. They are low in fat and high in fiber. I find them at Whole Foods, but have seen others suggest you might find them at a better price at Cost Plus/World Market.

I'm also a fan of just plain ol' veggie sticks with dip.

I tend to stay away from the Snapea Crisps since they are not actually the veggie, but a paste of the veg and some other stuff, extruded into the shape of a pea and fried.

Snapea Crisps are healthy? Wow. Every time I've had them before at a party, they were so delicious I assumed they had to be horrible for you.

Small lettuce leaves are delicious with black-bean-type salsa.

You can also make flax-based crackers that are low carb, low fat (if you leave most of the seeds whole and only grind some as a binder), and tasty too. Google for a multitide of recipes, or just make a paste of water, whole flax seeds, some ground flax, and seasonings of choice (pureed veggies are nice to sneak in too). Spread thinly on a Silpat and bake at a very low temp or dehydrate.

I like the chips by Food Should Taste Good. It's still a chip, but a little healthier option. The multigrain are my favorite!

http://www.foodshouldtastegood.com/#/home/

I often eat raw crudite with salsa but oftentimes you want the salt that a chip has to offer. So like many others, I bake my own tortilla chips using either corn or whole wheat tortillas or bake up some pita bread triangles. Because sometimes, a carrot stick just won't do.

Sliced cucumbers. Cool and crunchy!

Guiltless Gourmet makes baked tortilla chips which are truly excellent. I've been eating their chips for years and they only get better and better. There's a store locater on their web site to see if some place near you stocks them.

http://www.guiltlessgourmet.com/

I am a salsa addict I eat salsa almost everyday. So finding local options are important. I love Lavosh-Hawaii Ten Grain
crackers, these are great in taste, high fiber and low cal. It was easier to find them when I loved in LA, now I have my local market carry them. They do have other flavors but these work best with salsa.

http://adriennesgourmetfoods.com/pages/product-pgs/lavosh-intro-pg/ten-grain-pg/index.html

The cucumber idea is something I will try. thanks

Low cal not local ^^ although local is important too

I often make my own pita and corn tortilla chips. there is really no need to brush them with olive oil (which ass fat, albet a healthy fat). just put them on a baking sheet in the oven and let them crisp up. tonight I rubbed the pita with little garlic prior to baking for some flavor. I also make sweet potato chips the same way (delicious with rosemary and/or black pepper).

if you do want to just buy something, look for baked, since the frying is the worst part of them. also look for unsalted chips (why distract from the dip) and chips with lots of whole grains so they're serving more of a purpose (trader joe's makes yummy flax seed chips).

if you're looking to cut bready carbs, chips and salsa probably isn't for you. try making the switch to veggies dipped in hummus. you can mix some spice into the hummus if that's what you're craving.

ha, that was supposed to be 'adds fat'... but I guess that was an appropriate slip?