Baked Carrot Fries With Homemade Ketchup (No Sugar!)
Lacey Baier
Baked Carrot Fries are colorful and impossible to resist! Paired with healthy no sugar ketchup, these nutritious veggies make a delicious alternative to potato fries.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
Start by peeling the carrots to remove the outer skin and then slicing off both ends. Next, slice the carrot in half to create the length of a fry.
Carefully slice each carrot half into planks, making them as even as possible. (I try to keep them around ¼ inch thick.)
Slice the planks into long fries - again, making sure to get them as even as possible.
Repeat with the remaining carrots.
Place all the carrot fries onto the baking sheet and add the olive oil, sea salt, and ground black pepper. Toss to coat.
Spread out the carrot fries evenly onto the baking sheet so they are all laying flat and not overlapping.
Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
Then carefully flip the fries over and then return to the oven for another 15-20 minutes, or until the carrot fries are tender and are starting to turn golden brown on the edges.
Remove from the oven.
To make the homemade refined sugar free ketchup, in a small bowl, combine no sugar or salt added tomato sauce, no sugar added tomato paste, raw honey, onion powder, sea salt, apple cider vinegar, and garlic powder and stir to combine well.
Garnish with minced Italian parsley, if desired.
Notes
*As written, the homemade ketchup makes quite a lot of sauce. You can either halve the recipe or store the extra in the fridge for later.