Sweet Potato Fries

I had some chicken to make into baked tenders this evening, and I decided to have sweet potato fries with them.  However, they bake at different temperatures, so instead of trying to figure out how to sync them, I decided to fry the fries on the stove.

I poured an inch or so of vegetable oil into a dutch oven and heated it up.  Meanwhile, I chopped up 1/2 a sweet potato into thin shoestring fries. I coated the fries with just a bit of olive oil and rolled them in breadcrumbs.  Once the oil was hot, I dropped in all the fries and let them fry for roughly 10 minutes.  Because that's how much time the chicken tenders had left in the oven.  The fries seemed a bit limp when I took them out and laid them on paper towels, but they actually crisped up nicely when they dried.  And they were delicious.  Surely not quite as healthy as the baked variety, but that's ok with me for something tasty!

Dinner is complete.  With ketchup, ranch, and honey mustard.  Gotta have options!

Sloppy Joe & Fries

I make sloppy joes every week or two, they are so delicious.  Since I don't measure, they never come out exactly the same twice.  Tonight's had a little bit of chopped onion and garlic, about 3/4 c red sauce, 1/4 c white sauce, a generous amount of ketchup, 1/4 c brown sugar, and 1 lb of ground beef.  Also, I added 2 shredded carrots.  Apparently I add shredded carrots to everything now.  I love finding ways to eat veggies without tasting them.  

The french fries were of the frozen variety, but I fried them in bacon grease.  

I put some sliced roma tomato and muenster cheese on the sloppy joe.

melty cheesy goodness

a bowl of broccoli on the side

I do recognize that a little bit of shredded carrot in my sandwich doesn't count as a full serving of vegetables.

The ranch I had for my fries helped make the broccoli taste better.

Green Bean Fries

Green Bean Fries

and some carrot fries as well.

I came across this awesome recipe for zucchini fries yesterday, and got really excited to make them.  Then I discovered that I had less than half of a zucchini in my fridge.  I briefly considered a quick trip to Kroger for more zucchini, but nixed it because I already went over my grocery budget for the week.  Then, I remembered that I had some french cut green beans in my freezer.  So I took them out and spread them on some paper towels to thaw.

I was cooking dinner for me and a friend, and I decided that there were not enough green beans to make fries for both of us, so I also chopped up a carrot. 

Once the beans were thawed, I blotted as much of the water off them as possible, then I dunked them and the carrots in an egg/heavy cream bath.  Then, coated them in a mix of Italian breadcrumbs, garlic powder, and shredded colby jack cheese.  

Plopped them on a greased baking sheet, and shoved them in the oven for 15 minutes at 425.

Took them out of the oven and gazed at the crispy deliciousness. 

Ate them with some tortellini and shrimp.  The tortellini had some of this delicious sauce, with added olive oil because the leftover sauce from the other night was rather thick.