OMG. O.M.G. Sonic has sweet potato TOTS. Yes, I know they are caked in weird stuff and fried in weirder stuff, but it doesn’t make me want them any less. I want to make sweet love to those sweet potato tots and consume a gallon of ketchup along with them. Sweet potato fries and tots are something that literally doesn’t fill me up. I could eat an entire basket full at any restaurant, and still want more. Bet me. I’ll show any bro up in a sweet potato tot eating contest.
Hence why I made this post.
OMG guess what? I have a new obsession. The Hunger Games. Yep, I hopped on that bandwagon. But I needed to see what all the excitement was about. And having 12+ hours on an airplane makes reading quite enjoyable. I never get to read. I’m blogging instead of reading. Typing instead of consuming my brain with a fictional wonderland. I love fictional wonderlands. Avatar. Twilight. Now the Hunger Games. I’m down like Charlie Brown. And I love thrilling love stories. I’m still in this child-like thought that there is a prince charming out there for me. So these books are effing great for intensifying those hopes and dreams. So childish. So naive.
So guess what I did?! I saw the movie right after I read the book. Yep. I made Dom go to a movie with me. He’s such a kind soul, and patient person. It was pretty good. Stayed pretty true to the book. Except Katniss braid wasn’t down her back. Yeah, that was what annoyed me the most. I’m so dumb. But I cannot wait to read the second book now. Like, OMG, I’m pumped enough I’m going to go buy the book this weekend. I should get a kindle. Not really, that’s a waste of money for my world. I read 1 book a year, if I’m lucky. So I guess the last time I was lucky was my junior year of college when I read all 4 Twilight books pretty much within a month.
Wanna know something extra cool about Dom? He gave me this ketchup bottle. No big deal. Just the most handy gift I’ve ever been given. When he gave it to me, I knew I would someday make paleo ketchup and store it in my fridge in this little handsome bottle. Genius man, he is. I told you that practical gifts are the best kinds. If you would rather have flowers over a kitchen utensil, you’re high.
Ketchup with Rosemary Sweet Potato Fries
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 2-5 1x
Ingredients
For the fries
- 2 sweet potatoes, sliced in matchsticks
- 1–2 teaspoons dried rosemary
- pinches of salt
- Coconut Oil Spray
For the ketchup
- 2 (6 oz) cans tomato paste
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon Raw Honey
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- salt, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Cut end off sweet potatoes, then cut in half lengthwise, then cut strips of the halves, then cut them into matchsticks. (see picture below)
- Place parchment paper down on a baking sheet and spread sweet potatoes out. Spray with coconut oil then sprinkle with rosemary and salt.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes.
- While your sweet potatoes are baking, pull out a medium sized saucepan and place over medium heat.
- Add your broth, tomato paste, and apple cider vinegar and mix to combine.
- Then add your spices and salt.
- Let simmer for around 5-7 minutes under low heat. We don’t need no tomato explosions.
- Let cool then place in a sweet, extra cool squeeze bottle. Duh.
- Now dip your fries in your ketchup you dummy.
Where do these cooking videos you run of to shoot show up?
New to paleoish living. Keep up the good work
Not totally sure Mac, but I will definitely let you know when they show up!!
well i know what i’m cooking this weekend 🙂 PS. use your local library books are free……
very true Rhonda
hey its me agin… i have a baking question… do i need to adjust your recipes for a differnece in altitude here in se PA?? every recipe i bake never rises like yours??? case in point sweet potate brownies, made them 8x yes thats right and each one baked differently and never truly puffed up! and yes we ate them anyway 🙂 adjustments?????
For baking you will need to adjust. At high altitude we have less atmosphere making things rise more. We are also drier so you won’t need as much moisture in your batter/dough.
There is a great book called Pie in the Sky that gives recipe modifications for different altitudes. It is not Paleo but it will help you figure out how to tweak recipes.
Thanks for the tip Jo!
I literally have no idea Rhonda. I’m lucky to even bake something that works out!
Juli, you are from Denver right? So we are high altitude as well, 5280 baby!
Where do you find regular potato looking sweet potatoes?? Makes me jealous.
I was just thinking the same thing! The ones I find are always bright orange
Yea they are definitely harder to find. I get mine at Sunflower Market
I get mine at Sunflower Market!
Something I learned from my mom: Sweet potatoes are the white ones. Yams are the orange ones. Who knew?
I just learned that yesterday too haha!
Try the farmer’s market–that’s the best place to find them them around here (SF Bay Area).
Glad you enjoyed The Hunger Games. It was the best book to movie adaptation I’ve seen in awhile. But Twilight?! Seriously?!
Twilight is god
DId someone just ask for an amen?
AMEN!!!!!
Hey Juli, LOVE LOVE LOVE your blog. I discovered it 2 weeks ago and I’ve already made your tex-mex sweet potato casserole 3 times.
Question: How long do you think that ketchup would keep in the fridge?
Thanks so much!! I’m guessing around 2 weeks in an air tight container, but I’m really just guessing!
Awfully yummy with homemade paleo Mayo mixed w/ chipotle hot sauce. Making these tonight!
That sounds awesome! I’ve had dill mayo that is awesome on sweet potato fries :0)
Yummmmm!
Yum!! Hope you like it!
I adore sweet pot fries as well. They make me happier than running into an old classmate and seeing she gained weight. How long does the ketchup stay fresh for?
I would guess around 2 weeks in an air tight container but that’s a total guess
i love how its KETCHUP with a side of fries lol. I’m actually so excited by this post because I have all the ketchup ingredients on hand and have been searching high and low for a simple, tasty paleo ketchup recipe. DONE, I’m gonna go make this in about 5 minutes and dump it on a baked sweet potato.
Ketchup is pure beauty!!
This is awesome, never thought about making my own ketchup, but when I did the Whole30 I was SHOCKED that the first ingredient in Heinz ketchup is high fructose corn syrup! wtf?! Will definitely be making bulk supplies of this, thanks for sharing!
Yeah it’s such a bummer. Hope you like it!!