Cajun Sweet Potato Fries

Sweet, smoky and slightly spicy Cajun Sweet Potato Fries make a super delicious and healthy side. The easy to make blue cheese yogurt calms down the spice and makes the fries extra tasty.

Warning: you are about to fall in love with these cajun sweet potato fries you see here. Trust me, it's hard not to. They're covered in tasty cajun spices that are smoky and a little spicy then baked to perfection. Then, as if they're not good enough already, they're served with an easy to make blue cheese dip. *Heaven*

The thing I love about baked sweet potato fries is that they taste like they should be bad for you, but they're totally not. They're loaded with good for you vitamin A, vitamin C, antioxidants, fiber and plenty more to make your body happy. They're nutritional powerhouses disguised as french fries.

Then there's the blue cheese dip. Normally blue cheese dressings are loaded with mayo and about a bazillion calories per serving. I wanted to lighten things up a bit, but keep the rich creaminess that we all love, so I swapped out the oil heavy mayo for some healthy Greek yogurt. I honestly don't know why we don't do this all the time. The end result tastes the same and it's so much better for our bods.

Let's make a pact to make the blue cheese dressing this way from now on, k.

READ MORE: Homemade Cajun Seasoning

So tell me … what did you do for Super Bowl? Did you have a big party and drink lots of beer and eat lots of nachos? If you did, you're WAY cooler than I am.

Want to know what I did?

I forgot all about it. Seriously. I even posted a pic of some pink, heart-shaped cupcakes on Instagram that are super cute but no one liked. You know, 'cause everyone except for me was watching the game and not checking Instagram for Valentine's desserts. Oh man, it's a little embarrassing.

If I wasn't so oblivious to what's going on around me I would have shared these cajun sweet potato fries with you a few weeks ago so you could have made them for your party. They would have been perfect. Next year let's both make them, with extra blue cheese dip. ‘Cause you know, there's no such thing as too much dip. 🙂

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Cajun Sweet Potato Fries Recipe

Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 25 minutes mins

Total: 35 minutes mins

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Sweet, smoky and slightly spicy Cajun Sweet Potato Fries make a super delicious and healthy side. The easy to make blue cheese yogurt calms down the spice and makes the fries extra tasty.

4 servings (can be cut in half)

Ingredients

• ▢ 2 medium sweet potatoes (cut into ¼-inch strips)
• ▢ 2 tablespoons olive oil
• ▢ 1 ½ tablespoons Cajun seasoning
• ▢ Chopped parsley (to serve)

Blue Cheese Yogurt

• ▢ ⅓ cup Greek yogurt
• ▢ ¼ cup blue cheese (crumbled)
• ▢ 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• ▢ 1 pinch EACH: salt and pepper

Instructions 

• Preheat your oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the sweet potato strips in a large bowl, add the olive oil and Cajun seasoning, and mix well.
  2 medium sweet potatoes, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 ½ tablespoons Cajun seasoning
  
• Arrange the fries on the baking sheet so that they are in a single layer and not touching each other. Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes, until they are soft with several crispy spots.
  
• While the fries are in the oven, make the blue cheese yogurt. In a small bowl mix together the yogurt, blue cheese, dijon, salt, and pepper.
  ⅓ cup Greek yogurt, ¼ cup blue cheese, 1 teaspoon dijon mustard, 1 pinch EACH: salt and pepper
  
• Serve the fries with a little chopped parsley on top and the blue cheese yogurt on the side.
  Chopped parsley
  

Notes

Cajun Seasoning

If you don't have Cajun seasoning in your pantry, you can make your own! This is a half portion of our Cajun seasoning recipe and will make 6 tablespoons. You can use the rest on chicken, salmon, potatoes, or roast veggies!

• 1 ½ tablespoons paprika
• 1 tablespoon EACH: onion powder and garlic powder
• ½ tablespoon EACH: thyme, oregano, salt, pepper, and cayenne

Nutrition

Serving: 1 serving = ¼ of the recipe, Calories: 154kcal (8%), Carbohydrates: 25g (8%), Protein: 6g (12%), Fat: 4g (6%), Saturated Fat: 1g (6%), Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 5mg (2%), Sodium: 461mg (20%), Potassium: 471mg (13%), Fiber: 4g (17%), Sugar: 6g (7%), Vitamin A: 16608IU (332%), Vitamin C: 4mg (5%), Calcium: 100mg (10%), Iron: 1mg (6%)

© Author Kristen Stevens

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This recipe is part of our Healthy Super Bowl Recipes series.