Fabulous Food: Spicy & Sweet Potato Fries

Ok, so I'm admittedly a little fry-happy today. After posting about one of my favorite crave killers, garlic fries, the sweet potatoes in my kitchen started calling to me. The result? Spicy & Sweet Potato Fries. In the oven, of course. Although - I wouldn't totally categorize these as diet food per se, they are pretty damn delish. In general, sweet potatoes are on my fav diet food list, since they're low on the glycemic index and a good sized spud is only about 150 calories. 

I was close to keeping these in the diet-friendly zone, but things kind of got out of control. Let's just say there was a dipping sauce involved. As you know, dipping sauces are delicious little bowls of calories & fat...diet killers. But I made one anyway. It made the husband happy, and he mercifully ate most of the pile. 

Spicy & Sweet Potato Fries

3 Sweet Potatoes

2 -3 Tbs olive oil (not extra virgin)

1 Tbs chili powder

1/4 tsp Cayenne

pinch ground ginger

1 Tbs Kosher Salt

2 tsp black pepper

1 Tbs honey

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

- Cut sweet potatoes into fries, about 1/4 inch thick (no thicker than 1/2 inch)

- In a bowl, combine all ingredients (adjusting for taste)

- spread out on cookie sheet in one layer

- bake at 400 for about 30 - 40 minutes, turning once or twice

Once they're tender and getting crispy, take them out of the oven and hit them with a light drizzle of honey, kosher salt, and chili powder. I served mine with an evil full fat chipotle mayo, but these would be killer with some honey mustard too.