
The cooler weather definitely lends itself to craving comfort food. A few weeks ago my kids were requesting ‘hot chips’ for lunch and as it happened, they weren’t the only ones feeling like crunchy spuds! As chips in our house is a side (not a meal) and because I didn’t want to go to too much effort, I thought I’d build on their craving for chips and create a one pan meal of sorts.
One of the ways that I have taught my kids to love a variety of foods is to take their favourites (in this case chips) and add in other healthy stuff (avo, nuts, tomato, coriander). Avocado on its own doesn’t overly appeal to my kids, but mashed into a dip and blobbed on these fries, they argue over it being divided equally – go figure!
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Healthy Loaded Fries

Ingredients
- 4 tbsp butter, ghee or olive oil
- 1.5 kg potato/s (and/or sweet potatoes) scrubbed clean and cut into 'fries'
- 1 tsp sea salt - or to taste
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 30 g flaked almonds (¼ cup)
- 4 spring onion/s -white part sliced
- 40 g parmesan cheese (¼ cup) grated
- 40 g feta cheese (¼ cup) crumbled
- 2 roma tomatoe/s -seeds removed and diced
- 1 avocado/s (large) mashed
- ½ bunch/s fresh coriander leaves -picked from stems
- 1 lime/s cut into wedges, to serve
Method
- Pre-heat your oven to 220℃/430℉ (fan-forced).
- In a large baking dish heat the ghee or oil for 5 minutes or until the fat is hot.
- Add the potatoes and toss to coat in the fat. Add the salt, oregano and smoked paprika and toss well again.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until they are starting to crisp up.
- Meanwhile, slice the spring onions and chop the tomatoes. Grate the parmesan.
- Roughly mash the avocado in a small bowl with a good pinch of sea salt.
- Once the potatoes are ready, top with the almonds, spring onion, parmesan and feta and pop back in the oven for another 5-10minutes.
- Remove from the oven, scatter over the tomatoes, blobs of the mashed avocado, coriander and lime wedges
- Enjoy immediately.
Serve
- with your choice of simply prepared protein.
Jayne says
Can’t wait to try this! I’ve been craving loaded fries but refuse to eat the fried fatty version. Thank you!
Georgia Harding says
Hope you enjoy it Jayne G x
Naz says
Yummmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!! Did I mention they were yummmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Georgia Harding says
Yay – glad you enjoyed. I think so tooooooo! G x
Anna Anderson says
Oh my word!! I made these for the first time this evening and they were DELICIOUS!
I kept the cold additions as side options for Miss 8yo Fussy who declined the extras but helped herself to a second serving. Thanks again Georgia, yet another winner.
Georgia Harding says
So pleased your family enjoyed it Anna – they are very yum (and thanks for taking the time to star rate the recipe too) G x
Penny says
This is so yum! We love making this on a night where we don’t feel like a huge dinner and we all sit around the baking dish on the floor n tuck in. So so yum!
Georgia Harding says
Sounds like a great night in Penny. Thanks for your comment and rating G x
Kate says
So glad I discovered this recipe, it is delicious!!!
Georgia Harding says
Glad you enjoyed it Kate. Thanks for rating the recipe too G x
Emily Vandenberg says
OMG A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!!! Where have these been all my life. Used pumpkin seeds as I had no almonds. So quick and easy, this has been added to my go to list!
Emily Vandenberg says
Have just had the left overs heated up with a poached egg, DELICIOUS!
Georgia Harding says
So fabulous, thrilled you enjoyed them Emily and love the sound of adding poached eggs – yum!!! G x
Kylie Cleeland says
Hey Emily, we are soooo doing that in the morning!
Kylie Cleeland says
Nailed it!!!! Family couldn’t get enough.. I was salivating all day thinking about it after reading all of these reviews and the dish exceeded my expectations, I can’t wait to make it again for guests. Mr 9 said “Mum this has to go on the AMAZING list”. Thanks Georgia!
Georgia Harding says
Ha ha – love it! I’ll take amazing any day. Thanks for taking the time to review it Kylie ❤️
Wendy says
We all love this one- even the 5yr old and 2 year old! It’s made it to our list on the fridge-“Meals the whole family loves!”
Georgia Harding says
Ah, I’m honoured to have made it to your fridge list Wendy. Hopefully the first of many ? G x
Anna Hattingh says
This was so seriously divine! Rated best meal I ever ate by my ten year old son (who’s dad is a very good chef!) thumbs up !
Georgia Harding says
Well I’ll take that!! Thanks Anna ??❤️
Fiona says
I have to admit I was a little skeptical, but these were awesome. 10/10 Thanks for the great recipe 🙂
Georgia Harding says
So glad you enjoyed them Fiona, cheers for the 5 ?s too Gx
Kate Evans says
These are amazing and went down an absolute treat. Thank you
Georgia Harding says
So glad you enjoyed them and thanks for rating the recipe too Kate G x
Sarah says
Wow Georgia, these are amazing. The whole family loved them and my youngest just said “Geez, these are good”.
Georgia Harding says
So glad you all enjoyed it and thanks for rating the recipe too Sarah G x
SHARON says
Georgia we all love this recipe. It will be on regular rotation from now on. Thank you x
Georgia Harding says
You’re so welcome G x
Hannah Johnson says
We planned on getting takeaways for dinner but decided to make these instead and have an “inside picnic” with the kids – put the fries in the middle of the rug on the floor and all had our own small plate. My husband and I both agreed, we felt so much better after than if we had bought something chips from the shop… Another winner!
Georgia Harding says
So glad they were a ‘fake-away’ hit Hannah G x
Cathie Peries says
This was delicious and loved by the whole family. Definitely generous portions, I decided to have the recipe for us 2A, 2K 4 & 6) we had it alongside the gluten free fish fingers and it was more than enough.
Georgia Harding says
So glad you loved them, we love them with fish too G x
Suzanne Hart says
Perfectly easy and oh so yummy! Thanks Georgia!
Georgia Harding says
So glad you loved them Suzanne G x
Em says
Totally delicious! Our kids loved it (even the teenage boy who is currently treating anything vaguely healthy looking w utter disdain 😂) and so did my husband and I. We left the tomato and coriander off 4 year olds, but we just took her portion out and then added all the deliciousness. Going into the weekly ‘everyone eats it’ rotation 🙂
Well Nourished Team says
So glad it was a success 🙂