Parsnip Fries

This is very, very simple, and it's a really good substitution for french fries

Pretty enough to take a picture of. All right

Happy New Year, everybody. It's nice to see you. Glad to have you all here

You know what? We all have food vices. Can anybody relate to this besides me

I have a couple. I love a good cheeseburger, and I love French fries, y'all

My whole family makes fun of me because we'll go to restaurants and eat, and I'll say, I will have a salad, and please bring me a big side of French fries

because I just can't resist them. But you know what? French fries are one of those things that you just can't eat them every day

and we talk a lot about cooking substitutions and different ways to..

You can sort of trick yourself if you're just creative. And today what I'm going to show you is how to make a parsnip fry

Does anybody here make parsnip fries at home? Have you ever seen this before

And you don't look very excited about it, but believe me, believe me, they're delicious

and you going to love them Now parsnips are in the carrot family and as you might imagine they loaded with vitamins and minerals particularly vitamins C and K in the parsnips You could either peel them

or not. So what I've done is I've peeled some, and we'll begin to just cut them into french fry

shapes. So if you like steak fries, a little bit thicker. I always cook my parsnip fries at 425

But depending on the thickness of them, you might have to cook them for more or less time, obviously

If you do, like, a steak fry, that's probably going to cook for 30 to 40 minutes

But if you do them thinner, a little bit shorter. But what you'll want to do is check on them about 20 minutes in

and turn them and just make sure that they're not getting brown on only one side

Not everybody does this, but I certainly do. Nothing goes with French fries like mayonnaise

That is something. that Paula Deen taught me as a young man

and that's why I was having to get my jeans in the Husky department at Sears

All right, so my parsnips are washed, and I got them cut

Now we'll take some olive oil. The amount is not really specific

just enough to make sure that you coat them And then my thyme and I just gonna strip some thyme into here You can use parsley if you wanted to Maybe even rosemary might be good

All right. Now we'll just toss our parsnips in that olive oil

Mm-hmm. This is very, very simple, and it's a really good substitution for French fries

So if that's your food vice, you're going to really like this recipe

The difference is really subtle. This really gives your mouth feel the same satisfaction that you get with a french fry

And you're cutting the fat and calories in half. Let's put these in the oven

425. And I think that after about 20 minutes, we'll check them and turn them and make sure they're in good shape

And maybe cook them for another 10 minutes or so. So in go to the parsnips. all right our parson that's cooked for 20 minutes we turned them a little bit and cooked them for

another 10 and look at that those are absolutely beautiful i mean it even it even looks like a

french fry doesn't it and i've got a selection up here y'all i've got real mayonnaise if you like it

and i also got greek yogurt that i put a little salt and pepper in so you make your selection I like to do all kinds of vegetables in the oven though I like to roast broccoli Do y roast broccoli

Roast broccoli and cauliflower. These are going to be good, y'all. Sir

Look at that. Pretty enough to take a picture of. Yeah. Oh, stop

All right. Look at how beautiful these are. They're very, very delicious and satisfying

and only 180 calories per serving. Whoo! And you're getting your vegetables

All right, that's Greek yogurt. There's the fries, everybody. Help yourselves to it

Thank you. Mmm. All right, my friends, enjoy the parchment fries. They are delicious

and if you like this recipe, you can find this one and more of my New Year's resolution recipes

on the Paula Deen Network. So dig in, everybody