The weather here in the Pacific Northwest has been abnormally cold the last few weeks, with more snow and ice than we've seen in several years combined. To top it off, our apartment building has had almost no heat and hot water for close to two months because the boiler broke... again... just like it did last year in the midst of a cold snap... they keep trying to fix it, but improvements have been small and incremental...
So yeah...
I'm looking for any excuse to turn the oven on and hold my hands over that delicious heat.
I don't know about you all, but I find that when I spend most of my day shivering, bundled in three pairs of socks, a blanket, and finger-less mittens I like to have a little bit of comfort food for dinner.
And there are few things more comforting than a plate full of easy, baked, barbeque-flavored root veggie fries. Unless, of course, you dip those root veggies into a little puddle of my Homemade BBQ Sauce. Add a bottle of wine and there's really no reason to go anywhere else for the night!
Turnips, sweet potatoes, rutabaga, all are excellent, less-starchy alternatives to white potatoes. And if you're wanting nightshade-free fries, these root vegetable fries are definitely the way to go.
