Carrot Fries

I don't know when it was, but I think perhaps around one year ago I started noticing carrot fries all over tumblr, Pinterest, and the Internet. Just everywhere. When I made them, I was actually surprised how much they tasted like "real" fries. And I'll tell you, one of the main reasons I even tried them out is because Willie has this cool chopper from Williams Sonoma. I never use it, but I love it because he loves to use it, which means I get a sous chef, see? And he just thinks he's doing me a favor by sticking carrots in the machine, making a TON of NOISE, bagging the carrots and tossing them in the refrigerator. So, what do I do after that? Not a lot!


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Carrot Fries
by Sandra

carrots, peeled (optional), cut into equal sized "fries"
Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil
salt and freshly ground pepper
ketchup or whatever you normally eat with French fries

Preheat the oven to 425°F.

Put enough carrots on a rimmed baking sheet covered with parchment paper so there is a single layer of veg. You don't want to cook too many carrots on one pan or you'll steam them. We want to roast these carrots.

Coconut oil solidifies at 76 degrees, so the chances are your coconut oil will be solid when you use it. I cook with gloves all the time, so I love to just dip my hand right in the jar, get about a tablespoon of oil and rub my hands together, which immediately turns the solid oil into liquid! It's fun! Then I rub my hands on the carrots and rearrange them so they are again in one layer. You can roast more than one pan of carrots at a time, just be sure to rotate the pans halfway through so they are evenly cooked.

Cook for 18-20 minutes. If you didn't cut your carrots evenly, you will end up with some overdone ends. Some people like those, but I just clip them off the few fries that need it. Sprinkle with salt and serve with ketchup. We like a lot of pepper in our family so we've started to just put the pepper right in the ketchup!