Never Eat Fast Food French Fries Again

I really want to like sweet potatoes, because they are so healthy. But I don't. They are way too sweet. I tried making sweet potato fries using savory ingredients, but I just can't get past that sickeningly sweet taste. Potatoes/fries/vegetables just aren't supposed to be sweet.

Cristina on March 14, 2011

Who says how something is supposed to taste? They're SWEET potatoes. They're good for you and healthful. The fast food companies have ruined our taste buds and health with greasy junk. Now we think vegetables are nasty. Food is for nourishment snd not necessarily pleasure. We have to overcome our emotional attachments to food, stop using food as a pacifier, eat and live.

Leslie on March 14, 2011

I love sweet potatoes, but not as fries. When I want french fries (which fortunately is not often!), I want the savory saltiness. Even putting savory toppings on SP doesn't do it for me - the flavors just don't mesh for me.

Amie on March 14, 2011

Whoa, Leslie. IN MY OPINION, they're not supposed to be sweet. I like savory things. Most vegetables are savory, therefor, I like them savory. It has nothing to do with fast food (which I eat about 6 times a year!). If anything, fast food makes us want more sweet things; generally America wants everything sweet. I don't think vegetables are nasty - just sweet potatoes.

Cristina on March 14, 2011

I for one, am a huge fan of sweet potato fries and order them out whenever they are available. However, I haven't made them myself, and will try this week!!

jenlo on March 14, 2011

i like to slice the sweet potatoes really thin and barely spritz them with oil to make crispy chips. you have to make sure they don't get black though.

Michelle on March 14, 2011

Wow, lots of differing opinions on sweet potato fries here! I've heard a lot about them and since they're supposed to be much healthier than regular french fries, I think it's worth a shot. Thanks for the recipe! I'm looking forward to trying this.

Brent on March 14, 2011

I honestly think Veggie Sticks taste EXACTLY like french fries! Try it!

sarah kaye on March 14, 2011

Sweet potato fries blow regular fries out of the water! I will never eat another regular french fry as long as there are sweet potatoes in the world. That recipe is great Snack Girl, thank you.

Gigi on March 14, 2011

Can't wait to try these!

Sarah- My kids LOVE Veggie Sticks but they are basically glorified potato chips (if you and I are talking about the same thing). They definitely don't have the same nutritional value as sweet potatoes unfortunately :(

Andrea on March 14, 2011

I LOVE sweet potato fries, i've been ordering them when we go out to eat, thanks for the recipe snack girl, i'm hoping i can get my kids to like them too!

Brandi on March 14, 2011

Wow, Leslie, that is harsh. We are all entitled to our likes and dislikes. Thanks for the laugh.

Lee on March 14, 2011

I can't wait to try the SP "fries" - so glad they are baked! The issue of eating for pleasure or sustenance is a huge one. I think perhaps the divide between those of us who eat to live and those of us who live to eat is similar to the one between dog people and cat people - and just as personal.

Peg Nicholson on March 14, 2011

I love sweet potato fries! Unfortunately, most of the time I get them they are fried (I assume). I should start making them at home more often!

Jess@atasteofconfidence on March 14, 2011

I love sweet potato fries--even baked ones, but there is a key to them that might make Leslie like them. I too think that sweet potatoes are "too sweet"--if I tried to eat, say, a baked sweet potato.

In japan, they ROAST sweet potatoes and serve them on the street. So I like to bake my "fries" to take full advantage of the caramelization of sugar taken to the max.

I am one of those people who hated marshmallows as a kid until I discovered you could catch them on fire. So I love to BURN the sweet potatoes slightly so there is black, charred, bitterness to it. THAT is yummy to me.

Sue on March 14, 2011

I'm with Cristina. Sweet potatoes are too sweet. I can only eat them for dessert, baked with lots of cinnamon and even then only once in a while.

Anne on March 14, 2011

I love me some sweet potato fries! Thanks for the reminder to make these. I love 'em. Funny enough our local Burger Street (it's a burger chain - drive thru only) has started serving Sweet potato fries, so i had to try them. They're almost like matchsticks and, of course, fried, but i enjoyed them just the same. A nice deviation from regular fries. I wished they were more like the steak-size fries like the ones in your photo above, which is how i like to make them. One question to everyone: do you peel the skin or leave it on? SG didn't mention peeling them so I'm curious. I've never tried leaving the skin on when i roast my sweet potatoes... but i'm willing to try it if it's recommended!

Angie M. on March 15, 2011

Had these as a side dish with dinner last night. Sprinkled with stevia and cinnamon - they were a big hit!

Barbara on March 16, 2011

I'm definitely a savory food person (don't really like sweet stuff, example being I just came back from Japan with tons of kitkats and candy, and ended up giving ALL of them away because i just don't like sweets!) but oddly enough, i can do sweet potato fries without issues! I have always loved sweet potatos tho, and I eat it even with dinner as stand-in for potato or rice or anything else that normally people would not consider sweet. Somehow SP has gone past the label (or my taste bud) of "sweet" and has become "FREAKINAWESOMENEVERLEAVEMEEEEEE" lol

my new current roommate just recently shocked me (and made me super happy) when I found her frying her own fries. Now here's a buddy I can get together to make some diy home cooking! we already agreed to bake some fries (or SP fries!) next time we get a chance! :D

Shannon on March 21, 2011