You know what’s great about being an adult? The fact that if you want snack food for dinner, you can have it. We all have those days where we just want to get home, slip into our jams, and curl up with a platter of nachosor taquitos while getting lost in our fave shows. And hey, why not: Allowing ourselves to do this once in a while is totally part of that whole “self care” thing, right? The next time you need to plop down and dig into a delicious snack-food dinner, consider one (or all) of these 11 elaborate recipes that boost your usual sweet potato fries.
Whole30 Loaded Sweet Potato Fries
If you’re hooked on the popular eating regimen but have a hankering for a solid treat, we’ve got fries for that. This loaded (and we mean LOADED) sweet potato plate is toppled withWhole30-approved goodies. (via 40 Aprons)
Loaded Food Truck Mexican Nacho Fries
Nacho platters have nothing on this dressed-up mountain of sweet potato goodness. (via The Endless Meal)
Loaded Sweet Potato Fries With Crispy Beans and Garlic Tahini Cream
Sure, these nom-worthy fries make for a fab shareable snack, but to heck with that. Keep the entire bowl to yourself and gobble it up for dinner. (via With Food and Love)
Brie and Brown Sugar Bacon Sweet Potato Fries
Gooey and melty Brie brings an elegant twist to the side dish. If a blend of sweet, savory, and spicy is what you crave, consider this tray of fries a dream come true. (via Cooking for Keeps)
Loaded Asian Sweet Potato Fries With Pickled Carrot and Chili Garlic Sauce
Fries are considered a finger food, but you’re going to want to bust out a knife and fork for these bad boys. Topped with everything from teriyaki ground beef to flavored mayo, this meal is messy and tasty AF. (via Wilde Flavors)
Loaded Mediterranean Street Cart Fries
This blissful chaos-on-a-plate is made with love and inspired by Greek salad, loaded nachos, and chili cheese fries. Sometimes you just have to take all the things you love and enjoy them in the same moment. (via Pinch of Yum)
Extra Crispy Garlic Lime Sweet Potato Fries
Sometimes things are best enjoyed in their simplest forms, and these lovely frites are a prime example. Thanks to some refreshing lime zest and tasty baked garlic, your desire to bury these fries under excessive condiments will be curbed. (via Paleo Gluten Free)
Loaded Sweet Potato Fries With Quick Smokey Beans
Fries get a protein punch with eggs and haricot beans. (via Eat Love Eat)
Caramelized Kimchi Fries
If you’re a sucker for spicy kimchi like the rest of us, you need these sweet potato fries in your life, stat. They’re GF, vegan-friendly, and done in a whopping 15 minutes. Hello, lazy weeknight. (viaBeauty & The Brit)
Loaded Chili Sweet Potato Fries
This recipe lets you enjoy chili fries on a *whole* new level (and a healthy one, at that). When you top your fries with a Paleoranch sauce and a runny egg, there isn’t even a need for cheese. (viaPaleo Running Momma)
Baked Chipotle Queso Sweet Potato Fries
This recipe has “treat yourself” written all over it! If you’re planning a quiet movie night in, allow this gorgeous pile of noms to be your dinner. (via Wry Toast)
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Dana Sandonato
Born in Canada and now living in the beautiful state of North Carolina, Dana is a coffee-reliant food writer with a healthy appetite, a taste for culinary adventure, a thirst for good beers, and an endless hunger for food photography. When not writing for Brit + Co, she can be found pouring herself into her blog-turned-webzine, Killing Thyme, or taste-testing at local breweries with her husband. Dana's ideal down time includes pizza, marathoning on Netflix, or watching her fave flicks from the 80s and 90s - no matter how great or awful they are!
