Baked Sweet Potato Fries

This past week,

we wanted a food that felt like a "snack-ing" food

and came up with this delicious (and healthy)

Baked Sweet Potato Fries 

recipe.

Most people can't imagine eating sweet potatoes without a lot of butter and sugar

while others can't even imagine eating sweet potatoes at all.

We were part of the latter group, but after eating this recipe,

we have stocked up on sweet potatoes.

This recipe is easy (although it does take some patience) and can easily be eaten

as a meal or be made for a cook out (hopeful summer thoughts).

Ever wonder what the nutritional stats are for the normal white potato vs. sweet potato? 

Here they are, along with what the nutrients are actually doing for your body. 

Although the sweet potato is a better option than the white potato,

 the nutritional stats aren't much different between the two.

Ingredients:

1 sweet potato sliced

Olive Oil

Salt & Pepper

Garlic Powder

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Next, take the sliced sweet potatoes (you can keep the skin on or off) and pour about 2 tsp. of olive oil on them. With hands, rub the olive oil on both sides of the sweet potato slices - making sure that they are completely covered.

Lay the sliced potatoes on a baking sheet NOT covering each other (if they are covering each other, they tend to get more mushy). Sprinkle the side up with garlic power and salt & pepper. 

Cook in the oven for 12 minutes, flipping the sweet potatoes over at the half way point (6 minutes) and sprinkling the other side with seasonings. 

After 12 minutes, turn the broiler on and broil each side of the sweet potato (depending on how dark you want - we did 2 minutes) for 1 minute each side. Because sweet potatoes are mushier than white potatoes, the broil gives the sweet potatoes a more french fry feel.

Remove from the oven and enjoy!

Happy Eating!