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[lisita15]

Good morning, I made the carrot fries for the first time yesterday!!!! OH MY GOSH.... delish!!! I would like everyone to post their favorite version. I did mine this way for the first time. Foil down, carrots, sprayed with PAM. Made 1/2 with season salt, the other 1/2 with Mrs. Dash Table style seasoning. Are their other versions that you've come up? I'd love to hear about them. Thanks, Lisa

[prc]

Never heard of this before - but I'm intrigued ;)

How long did you bake them for? Did you slice them like steak fries?

Please share - would love to try them:)

Thanks!

Good morning, I made the carrot fries for the first time yesterday!!!! OH MY GOSH.... delish!!! :lol: I would like everyone to post their favorite version. I did mine this way for the first time. Foil down, carrots, sprayed with PAM. Made 1/2 with season salt, the other 1/2 with Mrs. Dash Table style seasoning. Are their other versions that you've come up? I'd love to hear about them. Thanks, Lisa

[Shrinking Tamara]

Did you use baby carrots? Or whole carrots? If whole, did you peel them and then cut them into carrot sticks? I haven't tried any carrot fries yet, but have seen many posts about these and people seem to love them so I am very eager to give them a try!

[lisita15]

Shrinking Tamara and PRC,

No one posted their favorite carrot fries, but this is what I've found.

I cut them very thin, like french fries. Line a baking pan with foil. Spray them with Pam.
I bake them at 425 for 30 minutes, then stir and bake for another 30 minutes. They are
really yummy and a free food!
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So I tried it with fresh carrots cut in to 3 to 4 inch length and then quartered into strips...
those came out much much better. I just used butter flavored pam and black pepper.
Cooked em in my toaster oven on a stone dish at 400 for about 35 minutes. Nice!
This is going to be a munchy life saver!!!

I took baby carrots and cut them into tiny circles cooked them on a cookie sheet with
olive oil spray. Baked them at 400 degrees until brown I did put a little garlic salt on
them but not much and they were unbeleivable.
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"Free" Sweet Potato Fries

Spray a baking sheet with Pam
Put carrot sticks or carrot chips (you can purchase already cut up in the grocery store)
on the baking sheet.
Lightly spray top of carrots with Pam and season with your favorite spices.
(I used season salt and chili powder).
Bake the heck out of these bad boys and turn over during baking.
I think mine were in there for about 30 minutes.

I swear they taste like sweet potato fries....

There are a couple of versions, but basically all you need is a non-stick baking sheet,
carrot sticks, Pam and a little salt. Pre-heat the oven to very hot, around 425.
Spray both the sheet pan and the carrot sticks with Pam. Spread the carrots evenly
on the sheet, in a single layer. Bake around 12-15 minutes. Turn the carrots and
bake and additional 5-10 minutes to desired browness. I like mine pretty browned.
Sprinkle with salt and serve plain or with catsup or a dip.
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I bought 2 bags of baby carrots, put pumpkin pie spice on them, and baked at 350
until they were soft and OMG....they are SO Good.
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I have always made a similar "fry" with sweet potatoes. Cut the potato in to fries,
mix with one egg white, chili powder,onion powder,garlic powder, and salt. Bake
in 425 oven on baking pan sprayed w/Pam. They turn out crispy and yummy.
I wonder if the same thing would be good with carrots?

[MudMouse]

Carrot fries are the very best. I am turning orange and loving every second.

I make them the pretty ordinary way. Once I tried to drizzle a wee bit of no sugar maple syrup on them, but I like them plain better. I eat them every day at some point.. I make 'em in the morning, and then they are there for convenience when I want them.

They are my new Graceland..

[prc]

These Ideas all sound AMAZING... I cannot wait to try them
I've been eating steamed carrots (with a sweet-n-low in the steaming water) for about 2 weeks straight...

This will definately jazz up my Carrot repertoire

Thanks so much for posting !!!!

Carrot fries are the very best. I am turning orange and loving every second.

I make them the pretty ordinary way. Once I tried to drizzle a wee bit of no sugar maple syrup on them, but I like them plain better. I eat them every day at some point.. I make 'em in the morning, and then they are there for convenience when I want them.

They are my new Graceland..

[HopeAngel5]

I LOVE my carrot fries...here are a couple of ways i make them:


2-2lb bags of baby carrots(the ones already cut, washed, ready to eat)
put on a large cookie sheet
add vanilla and maple extract
add apple pie spice and or pumpkin pie spice
stir so the extract and spices cover all the carrots
bake at 350 for 90 min

Now it takes me about a week to eat all of these. Once they cool I put them in ziploc baggies and keep them in my purse at all times. I experiment with the different spices like cinnamon, apple pie, pumpkin pie, nutmeg, allspice, etc and also different extracts. VERY GOOD

[Shrinking Tamara]

Okay, I admit I was a skeptic of the carrot fries, but I had a bag of baby carrots and some seasoning in my pantry, so I thought why not!?!?

I preheated oven to 425 degrees.
Lined cookie sheet with foil.
Sprayed PAM cooking spray on foil.
Dumped 32 oz bag of baby carrots on foil.
Sprinkled with black pepper, kosher salt and garlic powder.
Cooked for 50 mins.
I took spatula and mixed around after 30 mins and 40 mins.

Dipped in ketchup! Yum! Even my 4 year old approved!

Can't wait for the next time I have a turkey burger for lunch. I can have a burger and fries!

NOTE: when others said you have to bake the heck out of them, you really DO! I tried one 'fry' at 30 mins and at 40 mins and I thought....these people are crazy! These don't taste like fries; they taste like cooked carrots. haha. But be patient, cook 50-60 minutes and you'll be thankful you did! Enjoy!

[CindysBizzy]

These sound fabulous! Can't wait to try - thanks for sharing!

[Shrinking Tamara]

So, I had about a cup of carrot fries left from the batch I made yesterday. Today, it was chili for lunch, so I thought...hmmmm...why not make chili cheese fries?!?

I reheated fries in pre-heated oven at 425 for ten mins. I had about 1c of leftover fries.
Cooked chili as directed in microwave.
Scooped my fries onto a plate.
Smothered with chili.
Topped with 1/4c lowfat cheese!
YUMMY!

I am counting the cheese as my fat (instead of salad dressing) and plan to throw some lettuce on my fajitas tonight. A little creativity and mixing around and today is another delicious and satisfying day on JC!

[prc]

My Heroes!!!! This is the most AMAZING, DELICIOUS TREAT EVER!!!!

I made a batch with:
1 tsp garlic infused olive oil
mediterranean sea salt
anchos chili pepper

WOW... I could eat these ALL DAY, Every Day!!!

Thanks so much for posting this recipe

Shrinking Tamara and PRC,

No one posted their favorite carrot fries, but this is what I've found.

I cut them very thin, like french fries. Line a baking pan with foil. Spray them with Pam.
I bake them at 425 for 30 minutes, then stir and bake for another 30 minutes. They are
really yummy and a free food!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So I tried it with fresh carrots cut in to 3 to 4 inch length and then quartered into strips...
those came out much much better. I just used butter flavored pam and black pepper.
Cooked em in my toaster oven on a stone dish at 400 for about 35 minutes. Nice!
This is going to be a munchy life saver!!!

I took baby carrots and cut them into tiny circles cooked them on a cookie sheet with
olive oil spray. Baked them at 400 degrees until brown I did put a little garlic salt on
them but not much and they were unbeleivable.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Free" Sweet Potato Fries

Spray a baking sheet with Pam
Put carrot sticks or carrot chips (you can purchase already cut up in the grocery store)
on the baking sheet.
Lightly spray top of carrots with Pam and season with your favorite spices.
(I used season salt and chili powder).
Bake the heck out of these bad boys and turn over during baking.
I think mine were in there for about 30 minutes.

I swear they taste like sweet potato fries....

There are a couple of versions, but basically all you need is a non-stick baking sheet,
carrot sticks, Pam and a little salt. Pre-heat the oven to very hot, around 425.
Spray both the sheet pan and the carrot sticks with Pam. Spread the carrots evenly
on the sheet, in a single layer. Bake around 12-15 minutes. Turn the carrots and
bake and additional 5-10 minutes to desired browness. I like mine pretty browned.
Sprinkle with salt and serve plain or with catsup or a dip.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I bought 2 bags of baby carrots, put pumpkin pie spice on them, and baked at 350
until they were soft and OMG....they are SO Good.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I have always made a similar "fry" with sweet potatoes. Cut the potato in to fries,
mix with one egg white, chili powder,onion powder,garlic powder, and salt. Bake
in 425 oven on baking pan sprayed w/Pam. They turn out crispy and yummy.
I wonder if the same thing would be good with carrots?

[gatsbygirl122]

I am personally in love with everyone who has posted on this thread. What a fab treat and a great way to sneak in some vege's without feeling like your eating vege's!!! I snuck one little fry in and even not totally cooked it was amazing!

[kristin67]

This recipe saved me many a time from going off the deep end. I totally digust my family by dipping them in ketchup!

[gatsbygirl122]

How does everyone heat up their carrot fries? I saw above to reheat using the oven. But at work we have a microwave? How bad would that be? Anybody try it

[Inkiri]

Reheating them in the microwave would make them mushy. I put them on a metal pie plate and toast them in the toaster oven on the medium setting (as if you're toasting bread). They are delicious! I love them with JC salad dressing... salsa... mustard... plain ff yogurt... catsup...

[Jen L]

Tried the Carrot Fries tonight. They totally satisfied that french frie craving; however, they were kind of soggy and not crispy. Next time I will dip the fries in Egg Beaters (which are a free food if equal or under 1/4 cup) to see if that acts like a batter and makes them crispy. Also I seasoned with salt, Pepper, and paprika. The paprika really kicked it up a notch.

[MeliWillis]

I had the same problem. I cooked them for 45 minutes at 425. They weren't completely mushy, but they weren't crispy either and they were starting to turn black.

Also, is there an easy way to cut them? A utensil that might make the process easier and quicker. I enjoyed the results, but the carrots were hard to cut with a knife and it took longer than I would have liked. Any suggestions?

[gatsbygirl122]

I had the same problem. I cooked them for 45 minutes at 425. They weren't completely mushy, but they weren't crispy either and they were starting to turn black.

Also, is there an easy way to cut them? A utensil that might make the process easier and quicker. I enjoyed the results, but the carrots were hard to cut with a knife and it took longer than I would have liked. Any suggestions?

I buy the baby carrots so some of them are the perfect shape. Saves on cutting time. Depends on how small you like them.

[MeliWillis]

I buy the baby carrots so some of them are the perfect shape. Saves on cutting time. Depends on how small you like them.

Thank you. I bought some today and will try them this week. I might have cut mine way too small.

[kwow]

Tried them -- love them!!!