I had to buy a bag of regular (not baby cut) carrots at the grocery store a few weeks ago and I was determined to put them all to use. My sister mentioned that she makes fries with hers and I thought that sounded like a great idea!!!
Now I have to admit, I pulled a little trickery on my husband. If I would have told him we were having carrot fries, he probably would have turned up his nose at them. I have determined over the last six years that carrots aren’t his favorite vegetable. He is more of a green beans or potato kind of guy.
I decided to go ahead and make these and wait until he had a few to ask what he thought. This is how the conversation went….
Me: So what do you think of the fries?
Chris: These are really good! You did something different with them, a new seasoning or something?
Me: Close. Instead of using potatoes, I used carrots.
**crickets for a few seconds**
Chris: Carrots?
Me: Yup. They are pretty good, huh?
Chris: I like these better than regular fries! I am calling my mom and telling her you tricked me in to eating some carrots.
And there you have it folks, these carrot fries are husband approved!!!
WHAT YOU NEED
10 carrots
1-2 tablespoons of olive oil
pepper, sea salt, garlic powder and thyme
WHAT YOU DO
Cut the carrots into thin strips, about a half inch wide and 3-5 inches long.
Place carrots in a bowl and drizzle the olive oil. Season with pepper, salt, thyme and garlic powder and mix around until the seasoning and olive oil is distributed evenly on to all the carrots.
Lay out in a single row on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
Bake in the oven at 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes. I flipped them half way through so that they cooked evenly.
Enjoy!!!
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High five for tricking him . .. my husband is a green bean and potato guy as well . . . he says there is nothing worse than a cooked carrot. Ha!
awesome! kayla eats all veggies except carrots so these are definitely going to be made. thanks for sharing!
I love fries and I love carrots.. so this has got to be good. Thanks for sharing!!
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YUM! I do the same thing to Jason… there are certain things he won’t eat so I just make it and tell him what it was later. 🙂 I cannot wait to try these. I love carrots and fries! Thanks, girl!
Yay! Finally the recipe!! Can’t wait to try these! And it’s totally opposite at our house – B would have to trick me into eating carrot fries!! 🙂
These look so good, I was hoping you’d put that recipe on here! And Chris approved means Mr. Nine will probably approve too! Thanks for this yummy tasty Tuesday recipe girl, hope it’s a great day!!
you’ve convinced me, and i don’t like carrots usually! i’ll whip these up, thanks to YOU! 🙂
Why do all men hate cooked carrots? Even my son has taken up the torch lol. These look amazing though, will definitely try!
We call those carrots Bugs Bunny carrots and I buy about 5 pounds a week. My husband eats carrots constantly.
I think these will accompany the turkey burgers I will be making later in the week.
These look delicious! How funny that you tricked your husband!
What a great idea! LOL at the crickets, my husband would have been the same way!
I have a bag of carrots already cut like that…. SO TRYING THIS!!!
this is awesome. pinned them and hopefully will one day make them. i love tricking KC… but normally it’s the other way around, with something unhealthy. like he HATES mayo. he eats something like black bean burgers OMG THESE ARE AMAZING because he has no idea there is like a tablespoon of mayo in there, but if he knew he’d be like ‘ew i hate mayo’ like bitch you can’t even taste it. hahaha. i’m such a meanie 😉
That’s sort of how I do my roasted carrots, but not always in the fry shape! I love them.
those sounds really good! I love roasted carrots and always like to try new seasonings.
Every time I see you post a picture of these, I always imagine sweet potato fries. I have to remind myself they’re carrots! I am totally going to make these after hearing Chris’s reaction!
Well that worked out nicely! If he approves then I’m sure I would love them because I like eating carrots even if they’re raw (well baby carrots).
I need to try and trick my husband with these carrot fries too! I know that he wouldn’t care about eating carrots, but it’d be fun to see if he could tell the difference or not.
I’ve been doing this for a while, myself. LOVE them, and they’re Nutrisystem friendly. They taste very close to sweet potato fries.
If you’re at Publix, they actually sell bags of pre-cut carrots that are perfect for making these with.
I LOOOOOVE carrots, and obviously french fries too. Totally saving this and trying it out. Thanks for the great recipe, they sound and look so good!
Those look amazing! I love sweet potato fries so I’m sure these would be delicious as well! Thanks for the recipe!
They look delicious! I love the conversation you guys had, ha! Good that he liked them! 🙂
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Wow! I love that you tricked him and love it even more that he called his mom and told her. Brownie points with the MIL! I’m going to try these. I actually love carrots.
Cooked used to be the only way I would eat my carrots! I need to try this. I also pinned that ketchup because I want to try that too.