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Add to Recipe BoxShaping up French Fries
What do you get when you have cookie cutters you just can't stop using? Cookie cutter French Fries of course!
Potatoes are an inexpensive way to feed whole foods to your kids. It makes me crazy when potatoes are vilified by "health" professionals, and is also annoying when they are modified by fast food joints. They are potatoes for heavens sake! If we want to teach our kids to eat whole foods, potatoes certainly meet the criteria.
To make these super easy healthy French Fries:
- Wash and peel several potatoes
- Slice potatoes into half inch slices, crossways.
- Use metal cookie cutters to cut into shapes (metal cuts much easier than plastic)
- Place potato shapes on a cookie sheet
- Brush olive oil on potatoes
- Sprinkle with seasonings (I used Season Salt)
- Bake on top rack at 425 for 20 minutes.
I love reading your comments. Feel free to tell me your true feelings about potatoes!!
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Nov 09, 2010 
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11/09/2010 6:02am
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Kim
11/09/2010 7:17am
I've never thought of cookie cutters for fries before. That would be fun! I do like to cut potatoes up into cubes, sprinkle with olive oil, seasoned salt and red pepper flakes and bake them. It makes me feel like I'm doing something healthier with fries, depending on how much oil is on them. :) I'll have to try cookie cutters - that sounds really fun!
11/09/2010 9:12am
How fun! And I'm with you. What's wrong with potatoes? They're actually full of vit C, potassium, B6, and lots of other good stuff. I think that a lot of people would be surprised at how good-for-you potatoes are. It's not the potatoes that are the problem - it's how they're prepared and what is served with them (or rather not served with them).
11/09/2010 5:21pm
I'm also a big fan of potatoes. They get a lot of slack for being full of starch, but I think the real issue is falling into a rut. As long as you make sure you aren't always defaulting to one vegetable (which people commonly do with potatoes since they're so tasty any way you cook them) then they're always a good thing! Thanks for such a great way of presenting a classic.
11/07/2011 6:03am
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melanie
01/01/2012 12:55pm
I have a picky eater and I think she would have fun helping me make these and eating them. Thanks!
Amy
01/05/2012 9:40am
My three children WILL NOT eat potatoes in any form (except of course gross fried ones)! I made these in heart shapes last night and the LOVED them - thank you!!
03/08/2012 1:09pm
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Julianne
01/22/2013 4:16pm
Can these be refrigerated/frozen then reheated
01/23/2013 6:09am
I don't see why you couldn't, although I haven't tried it. I would love to hear from you if you do!
Julianne
01/23/2013 4:33pm
I tried sweet potatoes and my daughter (and husband) LOVED them!!! There were no leftovers!! I was afraid I would have to refrigerate and try another day, but these were a HUGE hit!! :)