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Default Carrot Fries!

On Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 11:00:42 AM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
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> Take carrots and cut lengthwise then placing the flat part down, cut to
> fries (shoestring type cut works best here). You want enough for each
> person to have 1 cup of carrot fries. Carrots are 52 calories a cup.
> Potatoes are 105.
>
> Dust the carrot pieces with 1/4 TB cornstarch per cup of cut carrots
> then sprinkle with spices. We liked a sweet paprika and a whisky smoked
> black pepper. Cornstarch is 30 calories per TB or 7.5 per 1/4 TB.
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> Drizzle 1/2 TB olive oil per cup of carrots and mix well. Olive oil is
> variable by brand but the one on my counter says 120 per TB (15ML) so
> 60 calories used per cup of fries.
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> I had just finished baking bread at 400F so added these in a single
> layer and flipped them 10 minutes later and they were done in about
> another 10 minutes.

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YUM!!! I'll eat 'em by the plateful! With fork, and spices!

John Kuthe, Climate Activist!