Even though sweet potatoes may be part of the Thanksgiving dinner tradition, these naturally sweet vegetables can be added to your meals throughout the year.
Sweet potatoes are nutritional all-stars! They score a 96 on the NuVal scale!
A simple and delicious way to incorporate sweet potatoes into your diet is sweet potato fries. Sweet potatoes fries are a fun finger food or side dish, and always a crowd-pleaser. Give them a try!
Sweet Potato Fries
Makes 2-3 servings
Ingredients:
- 2 small sweet potatoes
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp paprika
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 425*F.
- Chop sweet potatoes into “fries.”
- In a plastic Ziplock bag, add sweet potato fries, olive oil, cinnamon, and paprika.
- Seal the bag and shake thoroughly to coat sweet potato fries.
- Spread the fries onto a baking sheet covered in tin foil.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, turning fries every 10 minutes or so.
- Allow to cool for about 5 minutes and serve warm (or cold) with low-fat sour cream, Ranch dressing, ketchup, or horseradish.
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This is one of my go-to side dishes; actually, it’s delicious on its own, too.
I love these:)
One of my favorite things to make, yum!
I am making these tonight actually, I love them! They feel like such a treat but are so good for you
I have never done the ziplock bag trick, maybe will try out that, thanks!
These are great; I would swear by them
I make these at least once a week! YUM.
omg so yummy! I would also highly suggest tossing with some italian seasoning, lemon pepper seasoning, and olive oil. DELICIOUS!
I’m on a major sweet potato kick right now!
Love sweet potato fries dipped in a little light ranch dressing! Such a great side!
I just had sweet potato fries last night! Sweet potatoes are such an amazing addition to meals. They are by far my potato of choice!
Oops forgot to mention my favorite ultimate sweet potato fry dipping sauce — curry ketchup. Try it out. The curry and sweet potatoes are perfect together!
I have been big on butternut squash fries. How do those rate on the NuVal scale?
@amanda: Butternut squash scores 100!
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