Snack time!
I love sweet potatoes in a big way. I mean, Paleo or not, LOVE!
Since grad school back in New York City, I’ve been known to make whole meals on a giant sweetie potato alone. To this day even, I have one almost every day, usually baked and plain, topped simply with some salt and pepper.
And I’m kind of a snob about them. 
I can tell a sweet potato from a yam, have perfected the art of zapping a tater in the microwave to eat during lunchtime at work, and it makes my skin crawl if I see someone drown their baked sweet potato with brown sugar (I’m looking at you, mom).
And sweet potato fries? Well, they’re my jam.
I like them even better than regular french fries, absolutely drenched in ketchup-y goodness. Oh, and they’re perfect for snacking while in the midst of, say, a Paleo challenge.
Make ‘em!
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Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Ingredients
- nonstick cooking spray
- 1 medium size sweet potato
- salt + pepper
- KETCHUP! (optional)
Directions
1. Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and slice potato horizontally, starting on one end and working your way to the other end (slices shouldn’t be paper thin or too thick). If potato rounds are very wide, slice them in half or quarters.
2. Cover a baking sheet with tinfoil and place potato rounds on top, face up. Spray potato rounds lightly with cooking spray (can also drizzle with olive oil instead), and season to taste with salt and pepper.
3. Bake for approximately 20 minutes, or until sweet potato rounds have crisped up and formed some black spots. You can cook them longer if you like your “fries” crispier.
Serves 1
I such a regular potato kind of girl. I’ve tried branching out into sweet potatoes for the nutrients, but I can’t just gobble down a plain ol’ potato yet. Sweet potato fries though? That I can get on board with.
Looks delicious! I love sprinkling mine with cinnamon and salt. Sweet potatoes are just plain good.
oh yum!!! *runs to grocery store*
Not to be a downer here, but ketchup, although outrageously delicious, isn’t paleo! *Le sigh* I miss it!
Hey Kirby – hmm, why isn’t it? Mine is organic and doesn’t have any weird oils or extra Paleo “no-no” ingredients, unless you count sugar. It’s made up of tomato, onion powder, and salt, and vinegar — all Paleo — and the sugar in most organic ketchups are a minimal amount. I’m not doing a Whole 30, btw… just 30 days back in the Paleo groove.