Baked Parsnip French Fries

Amy Clevenger

by | Updated: December 3rd, 2016

Don’t the let bad news about French fries get you down. Burgers and sandwiches don’t have to be served solo! Just pick parsnips over potatoes and bake rather than fry. These root vegetables look like white carrots and taste a bit like their orange cousins, too””only they’re slightly sweeter with a hint of nutty flavor. Toss slices with olive oil, nutritional yeast and a little garlic salt, then pop in the oven until crispy.

Parsnip French Fries

Serves 2-4

Ingredients

6 parsnips
3 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
½ Tbsp. nutritional yeast
¼ to ½ tsp. garlic powder
Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Combine olive oil, nutritional yeast, garlic powder and salt and pepper; set aside.
  3. Use vegetable peeler to remove skin from parsnips. Cut into French fry shape (go thin for crispier fries!).
  4. Toss parsnips with olive oil mixture until well coated.
  5. Place parsnips on parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until crispy.
Amy Clevenger

Amy Clevenger is a Los Angeles-based food blogger. In 2013, she started her popular Instagram account @FantasticallyFit to help keep her accountable in her journey to better health. Clevenger’s brand has since expanded to include Fantastically-Fit.com and the popular e-recipe book series, Healthy Eats. Clevenger’s passion for healthy eating and cooking began while she was pursuing her master’s degree in counseling and guidance from Cal Lutheran University. Her work with families helped her to realize that living a healthy, happy life starts in the kitchen. She believes clean eating doesn’t have to mean giving up on great taste. Today, Clevenger is married to her college sweetheart and lives in Los Angeles with her three cats, Kailani, Confettu and Harley.