Today I put out a plea on Twitter asking for Parsnip fry recipes! Ricki pointed me to her post and as soon as I saw the pictures, I was salivating. You know when you just look at a picture and you know it will taste amazing? That’s how I felt about these fries. They did not let me down!
Nut Butter Crusted Parsnip Fries
Adapted from Diet, Dessert, & Dogs.
Yield: 1-2 servings.
Ingredients:
- 3 medium parsnips, peeled and cut into thin fry-like strips
- 3 tbsp nut butter (I used 2 tbsp chunky peanut butter + 1 tbsp almond butter)*
- 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt, or to taste
Directions: Preheat oven to 400F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper for easy clean-up. Peel and cut parsnips into fry-like strips. In a medium size bowl, mix together the nut butters, olive oil, and salt. Take parsnips and toss in bowl with your hands until fully coated. Line up on baking pan and cook at 400F for 30-50 minutes until crisp. I cooked mine for 40 minutes, but probably could have left them in another 5 minutes to crisp up even more. They were wonderful!
Note: You can probably use any kind of nut butter you prefer!
After coating in a bowl:
Line ‘em up!
After cooking:
I honestly never imagined parsnip fries could taste this good.
Never in my LIFE would I have dreamed of using nut butter as a fry coating!
Parsnips resemble carrots, but are paler and have a stronger flavour. Apparently, the core can be quite bitter so sometimes people omit it when cooking, but I used the whole kit and caboodle and didn’t notice any bitter flavour, at least in these fries anyways.
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You must run to the grocery store, pick up some parsnips, and make these fries.
What are some life-changing foods you have had?
Some of mine:
- chia seeds
- Green Monsters
- Fresh, homemade juice
- Artisana Cashew Butter
- Ricki’s parsnip fries!!
- Savoury Oats
- In A Jiffy Spelt Veggie Burgers
- Nutritional yeast
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups (adapted from Alicia Silverstone)
- Vegan Overnight Oats & Parfaits
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Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them. ~John Shirley
Those look SO good!!
Wow, I just tried parsnips for the first time recently- I actually had to ask at the grocery store to know what they looked like haha.
This recipe sounds AMAZING!!!!
Life changing foods for me are oatmeal with pumpkin, egg whites and apple, almond butter/peanut butter, and dried mango…right now anyways, I always have knew life changing foods!
YES DRIED MANGO!!! Im obsessed.
I love raw parsnips
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Those parsnips look stellar! When I made parsnip fries I ommitted the core after tasting it raw, but as long as they taste the same when they’re cooked I’m all for using the entire veggie.
My life changing foods are:
ALMOND BUTTER!!!
flax seed
chia seeds
puffed egg whites
greek yogurt
sandwich thins
and finding ways to cook veggies :D
puffed egg whites? Please, do tell…
It’s from the Fitnessista. Put two eggs worth of egg white in a pam-sprayed bowl and microwave for about 45 minutes or until it stops popping. I add hot sauce to mine and put it on top of a sandwich thin with laughing cow cheese.
45 seconds I hope…hehe
Oh my gosh, I need this in my life NOW. I love any kind of faux-fry. :D
I’ve never had parsnips before.
I feel like I need to write out all your recipes. Too much to remember!
They taste a lot like carrots!
Wow, these really do look life changing. I want to try them SOON!!! Yeah, whoever thought of coating in nut butters? Sounds delicious though.
Brussels sprouts, greek yogurt, and spaghetti squash. All things I would have never picked up these items myself in the store, but after some prompting by friends and family I did. My life has been different ever since.
I tried parsnips before and didn’t like them. But this sounds yummy and might be a tastier way to try them.
And to think I was contemplating throwing away my bag of parsnips!! I tried baking them with olive oil and it just wasn’t doing it for me. Thank you for giving my forlorn bag of parsnips a purpose, I will definitely try this.
Life changing foods:
Definitely chia seeds and amazing grass <–basically food
hummus because I love non-meat proteins
quinoa
dark chocolate
Glad I saved their lives…hehe
I have to say, I’ve always been super jealous of your creativity when it comes to recipes. Those parsnips look delish.
I think my life changing food would be overnight oatmeal. I’ve had it for breakfast everyday (or almost) since I found out about it!
All the credit goes to Ricki :) She is a culinary genius!
Oops I forgot about overnight oats!
Wow, these look sooooo good, another one here who must buy parsnips and try this recipe!! Do you think it would be ok if I used all almond butter Angela? Could you taste the pb? (like a more pronounced peanut flavor?) I just love almond butter more than ob!! :)
I like parsnips especially roasted, take a look at this recipe I have posted for Honey Roasted Root Vegetables, make it with Maple instead of honey and I am sure you are going to like these veggies!
http://kitchenspace.blogspot.com/2005/10/turnips-for-first-time-today-i-tried.html
One thing I discovered recently and can’t imagine not having at my fridge is almond butter, omg I love this stuff, I can eat from the jar, anytime, with anything, love it in my oats and with crackers, amazingly good!
Also I love Flaxseeds, but these I have been eating for years now, since I first tried I never spent a day without my flax (I am known for bringing it with me on trips and all – even when we went to Brazil to visit family – I wasn’t sure I would find it there!)
Oh, and yes, another recent one: chia seeds, I love them!! Amazing in oats and just plain chia pudding is totally delicious!
Ana
Looks delicious!
Parsnips are delicious! In fact, I had them in my roasted vegetable mix tonight, along with carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, red peppers, and zucchini. Simple and tasty! The parsnips were my favorite, though; like spicy carrots!
I love parsnips! You will soon discover all of the amazing things you can do with them, like a velvety, rich carrot and parsnip soup. Mmm love love love that slightly spicy kick they have!
they look yummy, I ahve never had them before!
Wow those fries sound AMAZING!!!! Of course, what isn’t covered in almond butter?
I recently discovered carrot fries… totally changed my life too. I used to hate carrots!
And sweet potato fries are pretty much one of my most favorite things EVER.
those do look good! might be something to try, since i’ve never had parsnips before.
My life changing foods have been Chia Seeds definitely. I LURVE them.
Ditto what Krissy at 3:58 p.m. said. 3 parsnips and a sweet potato sitting in the kitchen, rainy Friday night after a very difficult week, and you posted this recipe on the perfect day for me to see it. You’re right; they’re fabulous! Thanks!
My life was changed by that vegan hot coccoa recipe you posted a while back, holy yum!
im sorry im a sporatic commenter, it is sometimes hard to comment because of school work(less then 2 months and i graduate from highschool) but i just had to tonight!
i cannot wait to try these, (i’ve never had parsnips eithr!)
thankyou so much!