How could you possibly go wrong with bacon and fries? Alta Mantsch of Tasty Eats At Home is participating in the monthly event, Adopt A Gluten-Free Blogger and chose to adopt Brittany of Real Sustenance. I’ve shared recipes from Real Sustenance in the past and I will undoubtedly be sharing them in the future, but the combination of these two recipes as done by Alta were too good to pass up. I’m with Alta in knowing that I wouldn’t be able to stop with just a few of these fries, I would end up eating the whole thing too. :)
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“…These popovers were fun! I loved that they had that nice little flavor of bacon. They also were excellent for sopping up a bit of sauce (or as a mashed potato delivery device) that was in the shepherd’s pie. I wish I would have put more sage in them – I used fresh sage from my garden – but that will definitely be considered for next time. In the back of my mind, I also thought that bacon and sage would be a great combination for biscuits. I will have to think about that the next time biscuits are on the menu.
Then I found Brittany’s recipe for Orange Zested Carrot Fries. Carrots, masquerading as fries? Sure, why not? I like sweet potato fries, so I thought I’d give these a go. They were easy to throw together, although at first I was worried that there would be too much seasoning. But once the “fries” spent some time in the oven, I realized this clearly wasn’t the case. The seasoning made a crust, of sorts, (if I had to compare it to something, I’d say it resembled a better-spiced version of the coating on the curly fries popular at several major fast food restaurants – probably not the best comparison, but they were really tasty!) and the finished “fries” were crispy outside, perfectly seasoned, and sweet and creamy inside. These were perfect with or without ketchup. My only suggestion – make double or triple the recipe next time. I ate the entire thing by myself. (whoops)…”
