Easy Recipe Swap: Sweet Potato Fries

If you have kids and know how much they love french fries, one easy swap you can make is sweet potato fries. Not the frozen kind either. I'm talking about making your own. Its is pretty cheap to buy sweet potatoes in bulk and easy enough to cut them up and bake them right in your own oven - cutting fat and calories and adding vitamins and nutrients essential to all of our diets.

I make sweet potato fries all the time - funny enough, my husband is the most cranky about the swap. I just don't see french fries as any benefit to you. If you're going through a drive-thu, of course, get your craving and eat 'em up! But when you're at home, working hard to create a nutritious meal for your family, why not show your kids you can make them just as good as any fast food establishment. If sweet potatoes are too much of a drastic change, just go for the regular potato, but if you can go full force I highly recommend it. Whether its on the side of burgers or chicken, I make sweet potato fries at least once a week. They're delicious!

According to Livestrong.com, sweet potatoes are one of the healthiest vegetables you can eat! I agree!! They are loaded with vitamins and minerals, as well as contain anti-inflammatory properties which is essential to any American diet.

Simple Sweet Potato Fries Recipe:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Peel 4-6 sweet potatoes and slice small (size of a thick french fry)
3. Drizzle with Olive Oil and spinkle with Sea Salt & fresh ground pepper.
4. Mix and place on non-stick baking sheet.
5. Bake for 30-40 min. (Turning over 1/2 way through cooking time with a spatula). Enjoy!

If you have toddlers, just dice up the fries for easier eating. As for infants, if you have an extra sweet potato, bake it up on a baking sheet (400 degrees for 45 min.) and mash it up with a fork (skin off). They'll love it!

To read more about benefits of Sweet Potatoes, click here.