Easy Sweet Potato Meal Prep: Baked Sweet Potato Fries 4 Ways

I HEART sweet potatoes. Seriously, there’s nothing I don’t like about sweet potatoes.

They are sweet, healthy, easy to cook, flavorful, delicious, and versatile. So, so versatile that I actually made a list of my favorite sweet potato recipes. All of them are absolutely amazing.

For this easy sweet potato meal prep, we have 1 simple recipe but 4 different seasonings to get 4 different sweet potato fry recipes. I can’t decide which flavor I love the most.

Watch My Sweet Potato Meal Prep Video

Are Sweet Potatoes Healthy?

Sweet potatoes are a nutritional powerhouse.

Sweet potatoes are:

• Rich in vitamin A (one medium sweet potato = 400% of the recommended dose of vitamin A)
• High in fiber
• High in potassium
• Low-carb
• Low-calorie
• And, most importantly, totes delicious

How To Cook Sweet Potatoes Ahead Of Time

Here are some tips to keep in mind when meal prepping sweet potatoes.

• Store sweet potatoes in cold water. After you scrubbed and sliced the sweet potatoes, you can either cook them immediately or place them in a bowl of cold water to cook later or the next day. In fact, this is a great trick to get crispy sweet potato fries. The water will remove some of the starch from inside the potatoes and they will crisp easier in the oven.
• No need to peel sweet potatoes! Sweet potato skin is edible and it's actually easier to get the crispy texture you want if you don't peel the sweet potatoes.
• Slice size (consistency) matters. The secret to perfectly crispy and delicious sweet potato fries is in the process, not the ingredients. You want slices that have the same size and thickness. Thin sweet potato fries get crispy easier than the thick ones.
• Flip after 15, and only once. Make sure to flip the sweet potatoes after 15 minutes. Flip only once. This may sound counterintuitive but if you flip the potatoes only once, you end up with crispier potatoes than if you flip them multiple times.
• Don't crowd them. Use parchment paper on the baking sheet for easy cleanup and make sure the sweet potato wedges are not crowded. An even layer on the baking sheet is what you want.
• Roast, don't bake. You might think that setting the oven to a lower temperature will make the sweet potato wedges better but that’s not the case. You actually want to roast the fries not bake them so set the temperature to 425 F.
• Wedges over fries. I prefer to make sweet potato wedges not sweet potato fries because it’s easier to cut them as even as possible. With fries, it’s harder and you don’t want to end up with a mix of burnt and uncooked fries.

What To Cook With Sweet Potatoes

The healthy sweet potato recipes in this post will give you 4 types of sweet potatoes fries you can serve as side dishes for dinner. But… what about the main dishes? What goes with the delicious sweet potato meal prep?

Treat the sweet potato fries as you would treat regular fries and you’ve got the answer. What would you pair with regular fries? A steak? A burger? You can do it with sweet potatoes fries as well.

I like to eat my sweet potato fries with:

• This Spicy Cauliflower Quinoa Ranch Burger that has a sweet potato bun for double sweet potato goodness. Or with this Pesto & Goat Cheese Burger.
• If you’re tired of burgers, try a steak. This Flank Steak With Chimichurri Sauce maybe? Or check out my 7 Best Steak Marinades for inspiration.
• Healthy meatloaf is another great idea. Find my recipe in this Slow Cooker Freezer Meals post.

How To Store Sweet Potato Meal Prep

Sweet potato meal prep is easy and great for when you want healthy side dishes. Like with all the other meal prep ideas, storing the dishes properly is helpful to ensure freshness and great flavors. To maximize the shelf life of sweet potato fries…

1. Transfer them to meal prep containers or Ziploc bags
2. Allow the sweet potatoes to cool to room temperature before closing the meal prep container and placing in the fridge
3. Store them in the fridge for 3-5 days

Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes

We’re done with this sweet potato meal prep but, the good news is, I have more healthy sweet potato recipes for you. Because there’s no such thing as too many meals with sweet potatoes. Especially when the sweet potato recipes are healthy and good for you.