Thursday, September 10, 2009

guilt free garlic fries

The carnivore and I love fries as much as the next person. But, we don't indulge in fast food too often, so we don't get many chances to get our french fry fix. So to assuage our inner fry guy, I decided to make a healthier version at home recently to go with our grilled burgers. Surprisingly it wasn't that hard.


I started by peeling a four to five medium yukon gold potatoes. Not fun, but not impossible. In the meantime I preheated the oven to 425 degrees. Next, and this is the real trick, I sliced the potatoes into that familiar fast food fry shape - long thin strips. I placed these strips in a large bowl. I added about 2 tblsp of olive oil, 1 tsbp of kosher salt, and two minced garlic cloves. I tossed the mixture till the potatoes were well coated. I then transferred the fries to a foil lined baking sheet. I cooked the fries for about 25 minutes. Once they were crispy, I removed them from the oven and topped them with some chopped fresh parsley from our garden and grated parmesan.

They were divine, and totally calmed our fast food fry cravings. Plus, we didn't put over 500 calories and twenty grams of fat (yes, you read that right) into our bellies. Guilt free and delicious - what more can you want?
Posted by the happy family at 5:41 PM
Labels:

16 comments:

  1. Guilt free fries are the best. If you really like veggies like zucchini, squash, and eggplant, you can do like I do and cut them the same as the potatoes, then bake them all w/ some olive oil and pepper and garlic, it is fantastic! Then you have an even healthier snack w/ the extra veggies. And it is sooooooo good!
    ReplyDelete
  2. They look fantastic! I love that you baked them, so it's easier to indulge w/o the guilt!
    ReplyDelete
  3. I make sweet potato fries like this too--garlic and salt...mmm
    ReplyDelete
  4. I bake fries in a similar manner, only I cut them thick and leave the skins on. The kids seem to really like them that way! Yours look delicious and crisp, yum.
    ReplyDelete
  5. Yummy! They look so good!
    ReplyDelete
  6. this look just like the ones from the ballpark, but without all that fat!
    ReplyDelete
  7. This comment has been removed by the author.
    ReplyDelete
  8. Mmmm, tasty! I love french fries but hate the calories. This is perfect!
    ReplyDelete
  9. Hello,


    We bumped into your blog and we really liked it - great recipes YUM YUM.
    We would like to add it to the Petitchef.com.

    We would be delighted if you could add your blog to Petitchef so that our users can, as us,
    enjoy your recipes.

    Petitchef is a french based Cooking recipes Portal. Several hundred Blogs are already members
    and benefit from their exposure on Petitchef.com.

    To add your site to the Petitchef family you can use http://en.petitchef.com/?obj=front&action=site_ajout_form or just go to Petitchef.com and click on "Add your site"

    Best regards,

    Vincent
    petitchef.com
    ReplyDelete
  10. Heather - hlm584(at)hotmail(dot)comOct 5, 2009 03:01 PM
    Hello :0)
    I just ran into your blog the other day when I was on FoodieView - the picture of your fries looked so tempting...so I tried the recipe on the weekend and they were delish - thanks for sharing such a great recipe! Adding your blog to my list of ones to read regularly!
    And just one tip to help make your fries extra crispy...when slicing up potatoes, keep them soaking in cold water while you slice up the rest - I think this helps to suck some of the starch out of them and helps to make them super crispy! Happy cooking!
    ReplyDelete
  11. Oh my ... adding the Parmesan is brilliant ... I'll bet that kicked them up a few notches. I've heard that if one soaks the potatoes in ice cold water for awhile before baking, they will come out crispy on the outside while still being soft on the inside. Have you ever heard this?

    This post has made me hungry ... I think I'll head to the kitchen. :)

    Small Footprints
    http://reducefootprints.blogspot.com
    ReplyDelete
  12. These looks very tempting.I can't stop eating. This must be healthy.
    ReplyDelete
  13. I’d like to personally invite you to join the CookEatShare Author network. CookEatShare has had over 2.5 million unique visitors in 2009, and I think they will be interested in your content. Users will be guided to your actual blog, so this is a free way to increase page views and visitors to your site.

    Please contact me at mary@cookeatshare.com for more information, to get unique link to claim and customize your profile. Please visit http://cookeatshare.com/blogs/apply for additional information.
    ReplyDelete
  14. I love french fries, it's just I hate prepare them in oil. It's good to see they can be as tasty although they are cooked in an oven. Next time, I'll try it your way! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
    ReplyDelete
  15. I love your baked potatoes! ;-) I bake the potatoes too... then we won't call it "fries" then. Hahaha
    ReplyDelete
  16. hey great blog really enjoyed looking around, recently started my own if you would like to check it out: www.veghunter.wordpress.com
    enjoy and keep up the great work!
    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
Blog Widget by LinkWithin