{"id":42146,"date":"2015-08-04T11:15:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T15:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=42146"},"modified":"2021-05-15T04:58:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T08:58:50","slug":"healthy-carrot-fries-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/healthy-carrot-fries-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Baked Parmesan Carrot Fries Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42152\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42152 size-full\" title=\"Parmesan Carrot Fries Recipe\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10040726\/Carrot-Fries_AS_1.jpg\" alt=\"Parmesan Carrot Fries Recipe\" width=\"620\" height=\"823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10040726\/Carrot-Fries_AS_1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10040726\/Carrot-Fries_AS_1-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Alexa Schirm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Are French fries your guilty pleasure? Swap carrots for spuds and you\u2019ve got a scrumptious stand-in for deep fried taters. Roasting carrots allows their natural sweetness to emerge, and the irresistible combination of a soft interior and crispy finish will seriously impress your taste buds. Each serving of these elegant carrot fries packs a healthy dose of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/health\/how-much-fiber-high-fiber-foods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fiber<\/a>, beta-caroten and vitamin A, which helps promote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/medlineplus\/ency\/article\/002400.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">healthy skin and vision<\/a>. Top them with a sprinkle of Parmesan and basil and you\u2019ll make the most stubborn vegetable hater a believer!<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/30-minute-meals-dinner-ideas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30-Minute Meals for Quick, Healthy Dinners<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Parmesan Carrot Fries Recipe<\/h3>\n<p>[skinnybox]<\/p>\n<p><em>Serves 4<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prep Time: 10 minutes<br \/>\nCook Time: 15 minutes<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1 pound fresh carrots<br \/>\n2 teaspoons olive oil<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon flaky sea salt<br \/>\nCracked black pepper, to taste<br \/>\n2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped<br \/>\n2-3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 450\u00b0F.<\/li>\n<li>Peel carrots and cut into thin matchstick slices.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, toss slices in olive oil, salt and pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Spread out carrots on a baking sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until the carrots are browned slightly.<\/li>\n<li>Remove from the oven and sprinkle with fresh basil and Parmesan cheese before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong>Pro tip<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Got leftover fries? Reheat them in the oven at 400\u00b0F for five to eight minutes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42166\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42166 size-full\" title=\"Parmesan Carrot Fries Recipe\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10040724\/Carrot-Fries_AS_3.gif\" alt=\"Parmesan Carrot Fries Recipe\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Alexa Schirm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>For more recipes from Alexa, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/simplerootswellness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simple Roots Wellness<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swap veggies for potatoes in this healthy oven-baked carrot fries recipe. You&#8217;ll get all the satisfaction of French fries, and just three grams of fat. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":42151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,26,27,9],"tags":[155,126,341,362,178],"class_list":["post-42146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinner","category-gluten-free","category-healthy","category-recipes","tag-dinner","tag-fiber","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2walking","tag-vegetable"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}