Well I am not sure if I lived in a cave or under a pillow for a long time, but I’ve managed to miss out on showing you my garlic mashed sweet potatoes! This side dish will literally take your breath away.  I know a lot of readers love their sweet potatoes, whether it’s sweet potato fries, baked sweet potatoes, or a sweet potato casserole – this vegetable rocks.

Next time you pick up your sweet potatoes, I suggest that you try this 11 minute recipe.  Yes you read it right – eleven minutes.  Whenever I take a mouth full of this smooth as silk vegetable, it always ends in a “WOW”.  I could eat this every single day and not get bored.

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The time has come, Sweet Potato Fries is now getting some attention.  A few weeks back I shared with everyone a quick and easy way to whip up a batch of healthy homemade french fries.  This crunchy plate of goodness received a lot of positive response.  With that came requests and references for sweet potato fries.

Krista over at Kristas Kravings said she loved sweet potato fries done in a very similar process. Juliet from Think Inside the IceBox said that she had sweet potato fries on her to do list.  As well, Nick over at PeanutButterBoy said he also like to make a batch of sweet potato fries in the oven.  Also Clayton from Furiousfoodies asked if I could whip up a batch of sweet potato fries. Needless to say with all these requests, I had to oblige and put these on the Zesty Menu.

Now I have been experimenting with sweet potato fries for a couple of years now.  To be honest, I find the most successful way to make excellent sweet potato fries is to deep fry them.  Read the full story