TSFL Medifast "Doritos"

Don't these look delicious? These are chips made out of Medifast Mac & Cheese. You can flavor them pretty much however you like. They are thin and crispy and satisfying.

You can eat this whole bowl!

To be fair, they don't taste anything like Doritos, but they are tasty, nonetheless. You can eat these strait up, or with a little salsa. I think they would also be great for a taco salad, although I would not put them on the bottom of the salad as they would probably get soggy really quick.

Here's what you need:

1 packet Medifast Macaroni & Cheese

2 Tbs. water

1/4 tsp red pepper or chili flakes (give or take depending on your spice tolerance)

1/4 tsp garlic salt

chili powder

cooking spray

Put your mac & cheese, chili flakes & garlic salt in  your pulverizing weapon of choice, i.e. Magic Bullet, food processor, etc. Blitz until fine powder like this.

Dump into a bowl and add water. stir to combine thoroughly and let sit for 2 minutes. Meanwhile, spray a good size piece of parchment with cooking spray then place dough on paper.

Now, this part is important: Fold the parchment in half over the dough and use your hands to spread the dough out from the center towards the edges. It's really important to get it as thin and even as possible. I'm talking PAPER thin, otherwise you'll have chewy crackers instead of nice crispy chips.

Now, carefully peel off the top layer of parchment, using your fingers at times to release it if it sticks. It usually only sticks a little bit on the edges. I trim the parchment so it will lay flat on my cookie sheet.

Sprinkle the chili powder lightly over the top, and a little bit of garlic salt if you like.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes. Remove and use a pizza cutter to cut into chip-size pieces. A lot of my chips were fully cooked at this point (usually the ones on the edges) so I removed them from the pan. 

You can tell when they're done because they are crisp and golden. You can tell if they need a few                         more minutes if they are slightly pliable and lighter in color.

Flip them over and bake for a few more minutes, keeping a close eye on them, until they look like this.

Voila! Cheesy chips! 

Like I said, you can flavor these any way you like. You could probably do a lemon pepper, cumin, powdered chipotle or cayenne, smoked paprika, garlic pepper, Italian seasoning, curry, the possibilities are only limited by your imagination.