Baked carrot fries tossed in a savory garlic, egg and Parmesan cheese mixture and baked to crispy perfection! The kiddos top favorite healthy snack picks!
These baked garlic Parmesan carrot fries are the ultimate sports event television watching health food!
In fact I was not even gonna really share it here until this past weekend my sister text me an image of her baked carrot fries while I was sitting in a fantastic hotel room on my “stay-cation” weekend!
My sisters exact text was ” You should do some football recipes. My attempt at being less bad today is carrot fries and baked chicken bites.”
Well I wanted them. But there are no ovens in my hotel room!
I got jealous of her gorgeous orange fries she text me. I wanted to eat them so bad I hopped on my computer to find this recipe and take her advice to post some healthy football food! Totally the ultimate healthy snack- right?!
As the image of these carrot fries dipped in Parmesan cheese and garlic spices popped up on my computer screen, I started to drool… seriously. I love roasted carrots that much! My boys do too!
First off, I love that she thought of me during Sunday football and secondly I love that she thought of me to recommend a delicious healthy football snack! She is so right too- forget the chips and fried foods for game-time, bake up those vegetables!
I have made these baked carrot fries a few times and every time my boys devour all of them! They could not keep their hands off the fries during this photo shoot:-) Especially dipped in ranch dressing and organic ketchup.
This fry recipe is super simple to make too. Just toss chopped carrots in a Ziploc bag with the eggs to coat them. Then mix the carrots in garlic, herbs, salt and grated Parmesan cheese and bake on a sheet pan until the cheese is golden crisp! It is a perfect appetizer for football season!
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Garlic Parmesan Carrot Fries
Ingredients
- 1 lb. of carrots peeled and sliced
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon Himalayan salt
- ½ cup almond meal
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese
- ½ teaspoon dry parsley
- ¼ teaspoon dry thyme
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Peel and slice carrots into quarter horizontal strips about 4-inches long. Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl whisk the egg. Put the carrots and egg in a one-gallon Ziploc bag, seal, shake and mix together until coated.
- In another bowl, mix together the garlic powder, salt, almond meal, parmesan cheese, parsley, thyme and baking soda. Add the egg and carrots mixture (from above). Mix well to coat each carrot with the almond meal cheese mixture.
- Spread the coated carrots evenly on the prepared baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake 10 minutes, flip the carrots and bake another 5-10 minutes. Garnish with parsley and serve with a side of organic ketchup or ranch dressing.
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings 6.0 | |
| Amount Per Serving | |
| calories 364 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 16 g | 25 % |
| Saturated Fat 7 g | 34 % |
| Monounsaturated Fat 4 g | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat 1 g | |
| Trans Fat 0 g | |
| Cholesterol 86 mg | 29 % |
| Sodium 802 mg | 33 % |
| Potassium 696 mg | 20 % |
| Total Carbohydrate 35 g | 12 % |
| Dietary Fiber 6 g | 25 % |
| Sugars 5 g | |
| Protein 23 g | 47 % |
| Vitamin A | 259 % |
| Vitamin C | 8 % |
| Calcium | 50 % |
| Iron | 17 % |
Victoria says
Not sure what I did wrong but this recipe led me to make literal scrambled eggs with carrots in the oven glued to parchment paper
Danielle Fahrenkrug says
Oh no Victoria! Did you shake and make sure to coat the carrots well in the bag or a bowl? The egg should act as a glue sticking the almond meal to the carrots. One thought is make sure the carrots are very dry.
Kathi says
Hi – I haven’t made these, yet, but they sound easy and amazing. Just wondering if you think you could use sweet potatoes instead of carrots? I know carrots are firmer, we’d need to adjust the cooking. Regardless, I’m making these carrot ones. Yum
Danielle | Delightful Mom Food says
Hi Kathi! I have not testing with sweet potatoes but I am sure you can it would be just as delicious:-) and yes, baking times might just need adjusting. Enjoy!
mike kopchik says
Have you a sub for Almond meal? Live rural and would like to make these but Almond meal is not readily available to me.
Danielle at Delightful Mom Food says
Yes, you can also use gluten-free bread crumbs (which does add grain).