"GARLIC FRIES"

From The Food You Crave by Ellie Krieger

3 cloves garlic, minced (about 1 tablespoon)
2 tablespoons canola oil
3 large baking potatoes
1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste
cooking spray
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Heat the garlic and oil together in a small saucepan over medium heat for 2 minutes.  Strain the garlic from the oil.  Set both garlic and oil aside.

Cut the potatoes into matchsticks.  In a large bowl, toss together the oil, potatoes and salt.  Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray and spread the potatoes on it in a single layer.  Bake until golden and crisp, about 35 minutes.

Remove the potatoes from the baking sheet with a metal spatula.  In a serving bowl, toss them with the parsley, reserved garlic and salt to taste.  YIELD:  4 servings

**This is a much healthier version than regular fries and just as good.

**You don't even need to put the garlic back on the fries after they are cooked if you don't want to.  The oil that they were cooked in already has tons of garlic flavor.