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25+ Tasty & Healthy Ways to Make Fries WITHOUT Potatoes
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We needed this collection of healthy and tasty ways to make fries WITHOUT potatoes! Maybe you do too? Ever since Ed fell hard for his air fryer, we’ve been having typical fries with way too many meals every week. With good reason – fries are easy to love – they’re so tasty! But we needed a healthy alternative to french fries that would add a few more nutrients to our diets.
A poorly guarded secret many parents know: making new foods in fry shapes and calling them “fries” is a great way to get picky eaters to consider letting a new food past their lips.
Maybe one of these recipes for fries without potatoes will be a gateway food for your family?
What can I use instead of potatoes for fries?
You may be only limited by your imagination! As the recipes below show, you can make fries from a wide variety of vegetables. Included you’ll find recipes for:
- sweet potato and yam fries,
- jalapeno fries,
- green bean fries,
- portobello fries,
- asparagus fries,
- polenta fries,
- pumpkin fries,
- carrot fries,
- pickle fries,
- squash fries,
- parsnip and turnip fries,
- zucchini fries
- eggplant fries
- and even yucca cassava fries!
25+ Healthy and Tasty Veggie Fries without Potatoes
1. Air Fryer Veggie Fries Recipes
Sweet potatoes make for really great fries! You are sure to love this enhancement to such a simple side dish.
Spice up your side with these jalapeno fries. They are just the thing to serve with burgers.
Pop these green beans in the air fryer for a fast and filling addition to your dinner.
These mushroom fries are so hearty and healthy!
Let your air fryer do the work of making crispy and delicious asparagus fries.
An unexpected fry recipe I’m looking forward to trying!
Pumpkin fries are the way to go if you are craving seasonal food for fall. They are delicious and easy.
After you try these carrot sticks in the air fryer, you just might forget all about french fries.
If you like pickles, you are going to love these air-fried pickle sticks!
Squash fries pack a great flavour into a little package. You are sure to love this unique option for potato-less fries!
Parsnips are a great side dish to make in your air fryer. These have french fry vibes without the carbs.
Adding some pomegranate to parsnip fries is one easy way to elevate a simple side to new tasty heights.
Turnips take a tasty twist with this recipe for a great side that is different and so delicious!
2. Oven-Baked Veggie Fries Recipes
After making these fries, you will have a new love of yams! These are so tasty!
If you want something cheesy, check out this recipe for asparagus fries.
Add colour and flavour to your meals with these carrot fries. They are tasty and easy for a great side dish or snack.
This recipe makes the crispiest polenta fries ever.
When your garden is producing zucchini by the pound this summer, this is the perfect way to use them and have a healthy vegan side.
What can you do with a rutabaga? You can french fry them for an awesome side or snack!
If you need a great way to serve squash that the whole family will love, then this is the recipe for you. Such a fun shape!
Need a side dish that tastes good and is allergy friendly? Then check out these yucca cassava fries.
These fries are baked to perfection. You are going to want to make these all the time during the gardening season.
3. Stove Top Veggie Fries
These fritters make for tasty fries! Keep this recipe handy for when your garden is overflowing with eggplants.
Add some parm to zucchini and you have a delicious and different option to pair with your dinner.
If you are sick of potatoes, then try this kabocha squash fry recipe for an option that is unique yet yummy.
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Robin and Ed are a DIY-loving couple with over 25 years of design and build experience. Also, Robin is a Nutritionist and former Registered Dietitian and Ed is an award-winning Business Educator. We share strategies for living a rich life on a DIY budget: creative money-savvy ideas for a stylish home, healthy meals and family fun. Our work has been published in the pages of Do It Yourself, Farmhouse Style and Better Homes & Gardens magazines.
