In my house we say that if you don't like French fries it's because you don't love your mother. It's our way of saying there's NO WAY to resist a good batch of fries, yum. But the truth is that if we ate as many fries as we wanted all the time, we'd have to be rolled around! That's why I often substitute fries with these amazing baked sweet potatoes, which only have a little olive oil and some salt.
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And what's better than their low calorie nature? These sweet potato fries are SO easy to make, it's not even funny. After reading another article on ¿Qué más?, I found out that sweet potatoes are a great source of fiber and low-calorie carbohydrates, and they give us energy and help combat stress. What could be better than that? I'll tell you what: My recipe for these yummy and healthy sweet potato fries. I promise you won't miss regular fries.
Baked sweet potato fries
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients:
3 medium, unpeeled sweet potatoes, washed and dried, cut length-wise into wedges
1 Tbsp olive oil
Salt
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 400°F.
In a container lined with foil, distribute sweet potato wedges.
Sprinkle sweet potato wedges with olive oil and add salt to taste.
Bake for 20 minutes and serve hot.
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