My boys love these Paleo Carrot French Fries hot out of the oven. I like baking them as it eliminates the messy splattering that results from the typical preparation of French fries –frying.
Speaking of messes, I feel like I’m cleaning up a lot of them these days. Writing a book this summer really threw me for a loop. First, I wasn’t entirely planning on it. Second, I spent just about every waking (and too many that should have been sleeping) moment(s) on the book. Now I’m feeling worn out and tired, and oh so cranky. I’m realizing that pushing myself this hard is not good and that getting back into balance will take more than one restful weekend –it might take a couple of months, or even longer.
What do you do to take care of yourself when you are feeling off kilter? Let’s have a chat (in the comments section) and toss around our ideas. Right now, I’m focusing on eating a lot of protein, getting to sleep early and taking long slow walks. Do any of you have other strategies to share? Go ahead, let’s hear ’em!
Carrot French Fries
Ingredients
- 6 large carrots
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
Instructions
- Cut each carrot into 2-inch long sections
- Cut each section into thin sticks
- In a large bowl toss carrot sticks with olive oil and salt
- Spread out carrot sticks on a parchment paper lined baking sheet
- Bake at 425°F for 18-22 minutes until carrots are browned
If you’re looking for other healthy vegetable recipes, Elise at Simply Recipes has one for Roasted Parsnips that looks incredible. Below is a photo of my carrot fries before the boys got their hands on ’em! I hope you enjoy these Paleo Carrot French Fries as much as we do.
And, in terms of the book that I just wrote, Gluten-Free Cupcakes: 50 Irresistible Recipes Made with Almond and Coconut Flour, today is National Chocolate Cupcake Day! My book will not be published until April 2011, for now, to celebrate this day, you can make the gluten-free Chocolate Cupcake recipe that I have here on my website.
Update: check out my nut-free Paleo Chocolate Cupcake recipe made with only 7 ingredients!
Lois Scarbrough says
Elana, Thank you for all the super recipes!!! I can’t wait to try the carrot fries and the chocolate cupcakes.
I did not have time to read all the posts..the ones I did read all sound good. I have one more thing for you to try….you could have adrenal fatigue with all the stress you have been through. If it progresses to adrenal exhaustion, then a cascade effect takes place and your hormones could get messed up. Try 2,000 to 5,000 mg of buffered C a day. If you do not currently take Vitamin C, build up slowly to your tolerance level as too much can cause diarrhea.
Take care of yourself…maybe take some time off from your blog.
Sincerely, Lois
Johanna Burton says
Love the idea of carrot fries. Can’t wait til I get a stove with an oven that works. To replenish myself I focus on my breathing while staring into a candle flame. Works like a charm.
newrose says
That is very clever and original idea to make vegetable fries and try to focus people on eating wholesome.
Sandy Austin says
Ten years ago I wrote a book so I can relate. My ‘need for balance’ now has to do with six months of dairy-free, gluten-free, soy-free, raw food diet, dehydrating, and food prep for long term storage.
Stupid stupid stupid on my part.
Strategy to make it right? I bought a dog!
Yep…at age 69 I bought a great goldendoodle.
He whines when I’m late for his walk. He doesn’t care that it’s now getting cold in Colorado. He objects when I spend too much time at the computer…it’s the best long term stress reducer I’ve found.
Who knew three sons years ago was easier than figuring out what food to eat, how to fix it, how to store it and how not to resent it.
Elana’s book and the dog have been the answer!
Thanks.
Buddy Smith says
If you feel worn down after writing your book and need a couple months to balance and recoup, think of how our soldiers have to do this after a year at war. They get 12 months in between having to go back for another year, so I would guess that always lays heavy on their minds and hearts.. But they not get to rest much in that 12 months off from war, they start training to go back within a few months, having war games to prepare.
Work to change our foreign policy, and end the endless wars.
Alli says
These look delicious! Wondering what you served them with?
Thanks for your wonderful site and delicious recipes! I look forward to each new recipe post! My long time favorite being the cashew milk. I make it almost daily for my family and me.
Alli
ThatsHowIRoll says
This is simple and delicious! I make it lots of time and there’s never leftovers. Good and healthy! :)
yoga relaxation music says
cool, never heard of those before
stefanie says
If you are feeling run down and overall not well…check out http://www.knowthecause.com. Good info there and daily online shows. Helped me. These carrots look good…think I will do this tonight :)
Laurie says
Wow, I never would have thought to bake carrots like this! They look yummy! I’m new to your site. My husband was diagnosed with Celiac in January of this year so we’ve been living gluten-free for almost a year now. Someone recommended this site to me and I’m so glad because I’m always looking for new gluten-free recipes that aren’t too hard.