Daily Delish – Oh sweet potato fries, why on earth did I wait so long?

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Happy Friday, everyone!

So listen to how dumb I am. I packed myself a DELISH sandwich today. Arnold sandwich thin with sliced turkey, baby spinach, provolone and honey mustard. As the lunch hour approached, I headed down to the kitchen to grab it and it hit me. It’s Good Friday. Not only am I Catholic, but I’m a cantor at my church. Not good. I peeled off the turkey and ate the suddenly extremely sub-par sandwich.

Luckily, my eats last night were scrumptious! (I don’t know why I just said that, I mean, it’s not like that makes up for the fact that I had to eat a satisfactory sandwich, but I digress…) For the past 2 years I have been meaning to make sweet potato fries. I don’t know why it’s taken me so long, but I finally did it!

I used Tina’s recipe from Carrots n’ Cake. They turned out wonderfully- so delicious!

Sweet Potato Fries

Sweet Potato Fries

Sweet Potato goodness- close up

Sweet Potato goodness- close up

The only thing I would personally recommend is upping the cook time. I like my fries pretty crispy and I needed to add about 10-15 minutes to the cook time to get the ‘crunch’ factor I wanted. I think I could have even left them in a bit longer, but the Mister and I were starving. I used one very large yam — almost 8 inches! I will definitely be making these much more often. I love the spices used, the cinnamon was such a great add-in and balanced out the paprika. so. good. The Mister LOVED them, as well ;) Make these ASAP!

Thanks, Tina for the fantastic recipe!

Have you submitted a question for ‘Solve It’ Saturday? What are you waiting for?

What is your favorite Good Friday- friendly meal?

To those celebrating Easter, have a Blessed Sunday. To those celebrating Passover — hope you have a great holiday ;) To those who don’t celebrate anything, have a great weekend!

14 Responses to “Daily Delish – Oh sweet potato fries, why on earth did I wait so long?”

  1. Tori Jarvis said:

    You are speaking my language with those crispy little beauties!
    Thanks for reminding me.

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  2. ashley (sweet & natural) said:

    Hi Shannon – thanks for your comment on my blog! I too LOVE sweet potato fries. I haven’t made them in a long time – need to fix that!

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  3. HilLesha said:

    Oh my, these look yummy!

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  4. K said:

    Sweet potato fries!!! I cook mine on a cooling rack so they crisp up faster :)

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  5. Sweetie Pie said:

    I love sweet potato fries, and I like mine super crunchy too. Yours look totally tasty! Happy Easter! :-)

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  6. Anais said:

    LOVE sweet potato fries :) I like mine crispy too, so I end up leaving them in for like…an hour or more!

    And K I’ll have to try that! Because as much as i love sweet potatoe fries, I hate them when they’re all soggy :S

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  7. Cafe Fashionista said:

    I have had a recipe for Sweet Potato Fries collecting dust in an adorable recipe box for over a year, and have never tried it – waiting for the perfect moment, I suppose. Now I’m craving them!

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  8. Sagan said:

    Loooove sweet potato fries. Save me a couple? ;)

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  9. Mizz Independent said:

    Yum! Love homemade sweet potato fries!

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  10. Run Sarah said:

    Yum, I love sweet potato fries…I am liking them even more than reg. fries lately!

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  11. Emmy said:

    Ha, those look so much more fabulous than my butternut squash fries from last week.

    -E

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  12. mi said:

    i really need to try sweet potato fries! i have a feeling i’ll really enjoy them. thanks for the thumbs up!

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  13. Connie said:

    Thanks for your comment on my blog, What am I thinking now. You’ve got some great, interesting information here. I’ll be back.

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