My friend, Angie, and I split a 25-pound bag of organic carrots from Azure Standard last week. It was only $10 for my share, so a pretty good deal for quality organic carrots.
Now the fun has just been figuring out how to use them up!
I came across this Carrot Fries recipe on Pinterest and knew I had to try it.
It was so simple to make. You just wash the carrots.
Peel and chop off the ends.
And then slice them into “fries”.
Coat with olive oil and salt and bake them on a cookie sheet at 350 degrees for around 30-45 minutes, until a little browned and crispy.
Enjoy!
Homemade Carrot Fries
- 10 large carrots
- 2 Tablespoons Olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (adjust to taste)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Wash and peel carrots. Chop off the ends and slice into “fries”.
Put in a bowl and stir in olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Stir until well coated.
Spread onto a baking sheet and stick in the oven. Bake for 30-45 minutes, until a little browned and crispy. Enjoy!
Makes 2-3 servings.
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mmm! Those actually look really great! We love sweet potato fries- I wonder if I could fool my husband for a few minutes with these!
I have never posted before, but I have to tell you that we do this all the time, but we GRILL them on our grill and I LOVE them! I will have to try it in the oven now!
Thank you for sharing! Would love to try grilling some carrot fries! Do you use foil on grill?
We just tried grilled carrots the other day, because we all love grilled asparagus. We figured if it works for one vegetable, it’d work for another. We left the carrots whole and placed them directly on the grill. (You could use foil, but it’s not necessary.) They were great! I highly recommend it.
I just tried these a couple of days ago after finding them at the same place you found them! They were a big hit even with my non-carrot eating husband! Win!
YUM, I need to try these! We all love carrots. Thank you!
I have to try these my son Loves cooked carrots.
looks easy cant wait to try these at home
thx 4 sharing!
I wonder if you could make these with baby carrots?
Yes, you can! I’ve done it several times, although I think larger carrots that are cut have better flavor. Also, I prefer to bake them at a higher temp. More like 400-425.
This is like how we make sweet potato fries!! Super, super yummy! Just add a little nutmeg and you’re golden.
Can’t wait to make these for the kiddos tomorrow. Thank you for such a great idea! – heather
This sounds fantastic! I’ve baked normal fries, sweet potato fries and green bean fries
Green bean fries? I’m intrigued! Any special method? Could I use fresh picked garden beans? Get tired of canning, would like something else to do with them! Thanks!
my great aunt makes grean bean pickles, they are pretty
good!
I tossed frozen green beans with olive oil, put them on a pizza stone, sprinkled them with salt and baked them for about 13 mins at 375 degrees (F). I think fresh would be fine if you didn’t bake as long.
I have done fresh before and although I haven’t tried to do it with frozen I think that fresh would be better. I think that it would only take about 15 minutes and give the pan a shake about 1/2 way through.
I’m going to try it as well! We pound down the carrots in our family. I get the 10# bag of organic carrots at Costco for $7. I happen to have a crinkle cutter from a yard sale years ago that would make these fun. Yay!
I wish I would have bought carrots when I was at the store!!!!! These look so good!
We LOVE to roast carrots like this!! They are SO yummy:)
We have lots of carrots at our house right now. What a great snack idea. Thanks.
Definitely going to try this.
I made these for lunch today after my curiosity was peaked by your weekly menu plan. I used: 4 carrots (prepared as above), 1 tsbp olive oil, 1/2 tsp sugar, 1/4 tsp salt (a bit less, actually) and a dash of pepper. I baked mine for 20 min at 425º and they came out perfectly. I and my children LOVED them. We’ll definitely be making them (and more of them) again.
I wonder how they would taste if you sprinkled a little cinnamon & sugar instead of salt?
YOU COULD ALSO MAKE CARROT CASSEROLE SORT OF LIKE SWT,PT IT’S REALLY GOOD !
For those of us here on the east coast , up North…is there any company that does what Azure Standard is doing. I would love nothing more than to try them out but they don’t deliver here
For using up carrots, I boil them down and puree them as if I was going to make baby food, freezing them in ice cube trays. Then whenever I’m making soup (or sometimes mac’n'cheese) or other recipes, I just throw a couple of cubes in for added nutrition.
I do the same thing and sometimes add some to muffin recipes as well. Particularly if it’s a strong-tasting muffin anyway, the carrots don’t add discernible flavor but do boost the nutrition a bit.
We’ve been making the same thing with cauliflower recently. My kids love it! We’ve been adding minced garlic to make them “garlic fries.” I’ll try carrots next time!
Do you juice? Carrot juice is one of my favorite, and it freezes well.
I love that this is a new concept to people! You folks have obviously never tried The South Beach Diet. Seems like the only thing you eat on that plan is roasted vegetables.
I just did these yesterday! They’ve been on my Pinterest board for a while, and we didn’t have much around the house for lunch, so I gave them a try. I loved them! All we ever eat around here is raw carrots, but I think I like them cooked better. Plus they’re better for you.
You can add shredded carrots to all sorts of recipes: chili, spaghetti sauce, soups, etc. Just add shredded carrots to a little oil the same time you start cooking the diced onion, ground beef, or other starter ingredients!
Here’s my recipe for chili: the secret ingredients are both chocolate and shredded carrot!
http://navigatingdomesticity.blogspot.com/2010/01/secret-ingredient-chocolate.html
I have a whole bag in the fridge right now. Thanks, I can’t wait to try it!
Organic carrots are .69 a lb at costco, if you have a membership, it’s cheaper
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I stocked up on carrots when they were $.29 for a 2 pound bag; we call these roasted carrots.
We also enjoy Carrot, Pineapple, Raisin Salad, Carrot Muffins, carrots shredded in tossed salad, and snacking on raw carrots.
That looks so yummy! I can’t wait to try these! What a great way to encourage the kids to eat carrots (mine hate them).
Carrots will keep for a long time, so don’t worry about trying to use them up fast.. They do not even have to be refrigerated. I have kept them in the cool garage or in the basement, just so they keep from freezing and are in the dark when I didn’t have enough space in my refrigerator. Sometimes I would lose a carrot or two, but most of the time they were fine. This is how I would store the bounty from my garden when the ground would freeze.
For those of you who are gardeners, another thing I did was use the rinse cycle on my washing machine to finish washing all the dirt out of the nooks of the carrots. Worked fantastic!
Looks yummy.
Crystal, what things are you finding are a good deal with Azure Standard. I’ve been meaning to do a price comparison to the stores around here but haven’t gotten around to it.
-Cathy
We do the same thing with diced sweet and white potatoes (mixed). You do have to turn the tho, or else they get burnt on one side!
Yummy!
FYI to those with Costco memberships. Some locations offer large bags of organic carrots for about $0.50/pound. Great deal!
You “southerners” sure are lucky.
We’re paying $1.05/lb for carrots at Costco up here in the frigid north.
We have Organic carrots at about $0.70/lb at the Costco locations where I live in Central/Northern NJ. Love it!!! Whipped carrots, carrot soup, carrot sticks, carrot fries, carrot chips…I’m always looking to add these cheap nutritious veggies to our meals!
When I found myself with too many carrots, I discovered King Arthur Flour’s version of Morning Glory Muffins. A ton of carrots, whole wheat flour, sugar, chopped apple and raisins and other fruit, egg. Tastes delicious and I don’t mean “Pretty good for whole wheat.”
Not a good fit for Crystal’s household right now but for the rest of you readers – these muffins are gold.
I love to do this too, but my favorite is to mix it up with carrots and parsnips, tossed together. YUM!
Those look great! Just wanted to let you know that I do almost any veggie that way in the oven. Asparagus, carrots, broccoli, brussel sprouts, sweet potatoes, red potatoes. I do want to try parsnips though, as I have never had them. It is so easy, just give the pan a shake about halfway through a little olive oil and salt and pepper….mmmm
I haven’t done this with carrots but it works well with parsnips. I will try with the carrots for sure.
Maybe someone mentioned this….I didn’t read all the comments. But you don’t have to peel the carrots. Since they’re organic, why waste any of them? Just scrub them and remove the ends!
I was just going to say the same thing… I thought I read before that organic carrots don’t need to be peeled, and that most of the nutrients are found just below the skin, so its better not to.
Wow, they look so easy and yummy! I will have to try some with lunch this afternoon. Thanks for sharing this!
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