Homemade French Onion Dip, Copycat Heluva Good (with Dairy Free Option)

without gelatin (It does get a little thicker than this after refrigeration)

My sister has been slowly transitioning her family to real food. While she has been eating real food and following a mostly paleo diet for awhile now, her husband has been reluctant to give up certain foods that he loves. One of these things -- Heluva Good® French Onion Dip. I mean, I get it. It's good stuff. It is helluva good. Once I discovered the stuff (through my brother-in-law actually), I ate tubs of it.

But once you learn about real food, you realize just how much non-food ingredients are in our food. Like what's in Heluva Good French Onion Dip (MSG, soybean oil):

Brussels Sprouts Chips with Lemon Zest

Let me tell you about my week...wait, it is only Tuesday (as I write this), isn't it?

Well, it's been that kind of week. I'm starting to think it's the coffee. Yep, I'm drinking coffee again. And let me tell you, I am on edge all day long. Jittery and clumsy. Well, more clumsy than the usual. I'm used to tripping over my own feet, but I am causing all kinds of mishaps this week.

No-fuss Kale Chips in the Oven

While I said the next 30 days would be about my Whole30 (my last two posts are coming up soon), I did want to create this blog for a reason. One of those reasons is share my passion for enjoying real food, free of processed ingredients. One of the easiest, cheapest switches you can make is to eat kale chips instead of potato chips. If you've never had kale before, it might sound crazy. Just wait; you will soon be a believer. I’ve convince some devout potato chips eaters to try this, with success. Okay, so they still buy chips too. But they try them and even make the chips themselves. And that makes me happy. 

Speaking of, two of them just asked me for my kale chip recipe. One of them was tired of burnt kale and after I gave her my tips, she said her chips were “perfect.” The other…well, impatiently Googled it. She ate burnt chips. (I'm kidding.)

Kale chips with red and curly kale