French fries??
#233566 - 12/23/05 12:45 PM
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jen1013
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One of my safe staples is French fries -- I peel and cut up potatoes, spray lightly with non-stick spray, and bake in the toaster oven. But this means every time I want them I have to peel and cut potatoes. And I am lazy, and it would really be nice to just pull some from the freezer. I've looked at the premade French fries, but the fat content on them is pretty high considering I have to eat them on an empty, ultra-touchy stomach. (The majority of Ore-Ida's potato products have 50% calories from fat! Yikes.)
So, has anyone tried cutting potatoes up and freezing? I know from personal experiences that cooked potatoes do NOT freeze well, but would cut-up raw potatoes do OK, you think? Since the fat content on store-bought fries are so high, do you suppose they need to be smothered in oil to freeze well?
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I'm thinking they'd probably be ok as long as you do what you'd do with the store-bought ones: bake them frozen. I think that if you thawed them first, they'd turn to mush.
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McCain has a low fat frozen french fry out there. I tolerate it pretty well. I also find rice a refreshing breather from the whole tater thing. Cook up a bunch, throw it in the fridge and it nukes in like 60 seconds. Yum!
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How about not peeling them if your stomach can take it? That would save about 90% of the work of making them from fresh potatoes. I sometimes make them this way - I hate to peel potatoes - and they taste fine to me.
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All Natural Alexia frozen fries are pretty good and they are only3.5 grams of fat per serving which a serving is 24 fries. The have no Trans fat and the ingrediants are Yukon Gold Potatoes, Canola Oil and/ or Sunflower Oil and Sea Salt. They are also Gluten Free.
I got tired of making my own because between working full-time and a 2 year old I want something quick!! 
They run about 1.99 to 2.59 a bag. But I think they are worth it. You can find them in the freezer section in Meijer's or in the health food section in Krogers. Hope this helps!!
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Hey Jen,
I do this every day, too. I Make a HUGE batch of mashed potatoes about twice a week and every single day I make 3 Potatoes worth of baked french fries. Well, mine are more like big wedges!! Every single day...If you find a better way I would love to hear about it. I eat more mashed potato burritos because mashed potatoes keep better in the fridge than baked fries. Hell, baked fries don't taste good to me after they've been done for awhile. I will throw the rest away if I don't finish'em off within a couple of hours after I bake them.
Oy, time to go peel some more potatoes!!! LOL!!
Michelle 
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the nathan's brand of frozen fries is also relatively low-fat. i cook them for a good five minutes more than the package says to get them properly crispy, but they're really good.
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Hey Michelle, I wanted to tell you I made your mash potato burrito this week. I added some frozen spinach (squeezed dry) as I whipped them. Even DH liked them. I needed to incorporate some veggies and saw this recipe in a book. They were great and no problems for my tummy.  Thanks for your idea!
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Edited by franny (12/25/05 08:39 PM)
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Oooh, Franny that sounds good! I'm glad you liked them! Especially good news that they didn't upset your tummy!!
I'm getting ready to make one right now...!!
Michelle
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Help please! I can't figure out how to post. I need immediate help on double decker sweet potato pie.
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One thing I LOVE is whipping potato with spinach--yes, literally GREEN POTATOES. It's really good with asparagus, too!
Kate.
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#233795 - 12/26/05 08:47 AM
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You don't say what your problem with the sweet potato pie is, so I can't help there, but here's how you post:
Where the little boxes above the top of this post say:
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click on "Index". Now you're looking at a summary of posts in this Board.
Now the little boxes say:
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Click on "Post". That will start a new post for you. Be sure to make your Subject line something meaningful so people who are just scanning posts will know what you're looking for.
Good luck. HTH.
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Thanks for the replies, guys. I was asking about homemade fries because as I mentioned in my post, I can't get any premade fries here that are OK for me to eat (at least not at the moment). The stores here carry either Ore-Ida or the store generic brand. The lowest I've found is 25% calories from fat, and I can't eat that on an empty stomach. Target does carry Alexia, but only the garlic kind, and they are super-expensive anyway. I can buy 10 lbs of potatoes for the price of 12 oz. Alexia fries. Yikes.
So anyway, here's what I did --
1. Peel, wash, slice up potatoes.
2. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray (canola is best).
3. Lay out raw potatoes on baking sheet. Don't let them touch.
4. Spray the potatoes lightly with cooking spray. Sprinkle w/ spices if you like.
5. Stick the baking sheet in the freezer for a couple hours or until fries are frozen solid. Toss into large ziploc bag and put back into freezer.
6. When you want fries -- spray baking sheet with non-stick spray. Shake portion of fries onto baking sheet. Bake at 425 for 20-25 minutes, turning once half-way through.
I'm not sure how long these will last in the freezer. They've only been in there a few days so far. They tasted just fine, other than the batch that got fatally scorched.
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I'm wondering how freezing went for you?
Also...when you make a sweet potato fries...do you leave the peel on? Has anyone tried this with a sweet potato?
Thanks...happy frying 
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