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Move over potatoes, these fries are packed with vitamins and fiber! These are light, crispy and even your kids will devour them.
Confession time (once again)…
My name is Lauren, I am half Irish and I don’t love potatoes.
I know, I know, I am not in the majority here. And I will be the first to say I know it’s weird.
I don’t like baked potatoes, definitely not mashed (ewwwww) or scalloped potatoes either. It’s funny because my kids don’t like them either. I have even made them good old homemade mashed potatoes (with all the butter and cream) and they still don’t like them? Truth is that they don’t really like sweet potatoes either and I like them. Like, not love. I am such a picky one.
I have been telling you guys how difficult it has been trying to make dinner every night with all of these baseball games. We had a day off last week (YAY!) and I saw butternut squash at the store and decided to experiment. I was simply going to slice it up and roast it, but I decided to try to make them look like FRIES!
Guess what? They loved them! The GREEN dipping sauce…not so much. What is it with kids and green stuff anyway? They even started to pick off the TINY pieces of parsley I added to the fries too. Seriously!
Don’t let me kids fool you, this avocado dipping sauce is on point! It’s creamy, nutritious and delicious. No problem kiddies, more for me!
Easy Butternut Squash Fries with Avocado Dipping Sauce
Ingredients
- Fries:
- 1 medium butternut squash
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- chopped parsley for topping optional
- Dipping Sauce:
- 1 avocado peeled and pit removed
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt you can use vegan mayonnaise or vegan yogurt as alternative
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
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Peel squash with a vegetable peeler.
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Cut squash in half and remove the seeds.
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Using a crinkle cutter (to make it fancy) or a regular knife, slice into fries.
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Try to make them all the same size so they bake evenly.
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In a medium bowl, mix together olive oil, salt and pepper.
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Add squash and mix to make sure its well covered.
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Spread evenly onto a baking sheet in single layer, not touching each other. If it's crowded, use two baking pans otherwise they will not be crispy.
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Bake for 20 minutes until edges are golden brown, making sure to shake the pan half way through.
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While fries are baking, prepare dipping sauce by placing all of the ingredients in a food processor until smooth.
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Remove fries from oven and allow to cool before serving.
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Serve with dipping sauce. ENJOY!
I’ve made these twice now while the hubby grilled burgers and my kids ate them (sans the green parsley and dipping sauce) with ketchup and mustard. Shrug. At least they ate them? I am counting that as a win.
Just because we are friends and I am keeping it real, the second time I made them I bought the butternut squash already sliced. HUGE time saver!
I hope you love these too!
Nutrition Facts
Amount Per Serving: 4 servings
Calories 186
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.3g 21%
Saturated Fat 2.6g 13%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 586mg 24%
Potassium 258mg 7%
Total Carbohydrates 5.0g 2%
Dietary Fiber 3.6g14 %
Protein 1.1g
Vitamin A 2% • Vitamin C 12%
Calcium 1% • Iron 3%
Nutrition Grade B-
* Based on a 2000 calorie diet
*Nutritional information provided by calorie count.com, not 100% accurate
Lauren, my kids have a serious adversion to parsely sprinkled on food too. They even balked at an egg frittata the other day because they saw green flecks in it–fresh dill. It drives me crazy! However, they would love these fries! Can’t wait to try them! And I will love the sauce 🙂
Picky kids! I want that frittata!! 🙂
Do you have the nutritional information for this recipe? Particularly the carbs??
I just added it Elisha, thank you!
Wow. Never would have thought to make butternut squash into fries. how clever! Cant wait to try this. The avocado dipping sauce sounds like a perfect match
Thank you Dee! The dipping sauce is the BEST!
Awesome! I love how crunchy these fries get:)
Thank you Maria!
These look so good! I must try them soon! And that avocado dip – perfect!
Thanks Taylor!
Those fries look absolutely gorgeous and I LOVE the idea of using butternut squash, how genius!
Thanks so much Kimberly!
What a smart idea, they look terrific!
Thank you Sylvie!
I love these crunchy fries and that dipping sauce looks divine!
Wow! These look more than delicious! I am seriously drooling over here on my computer screen! Yum!
Drooling is good 🙂
YUM! I love everything about this recipe, Lauren. Can’t wait to make this soon!
Thanks Lauren!
I am so excited to make these! I have never thought about using butternut squash for fries, even though I use it in so many other dishes. And this is the reason I kept that crinkle cutter. Now I know. 🙂
YES! I had to dig everything up to find my crinkle cutter! 🙂
Fantastic comfort food!
Healthy comfort food is the BEST Megan 🙂
These look so good I’m getting hungry! I love the idea of butternut squash as fries. I enjoy sweet potato fries already. That dipping sauce looks great! Haha! Let the kids have the ketchup. I’m for that lovely green sauce!