Day 4 of Vegan MoFo is all about Weird Food Combos. While I have never had pickles and peanut butter or a banana-mayo sandwich, I did have a love affair with my fries dipped in a milkshake. The hot salted fried pairs well with the cold sweet milkshake. Seriously!
In high school, my friends and I would head down to the Wendy’s to get an order of fries with a Frosty. We didn’t eat the Frosty until our fries were gone and all individually dipped in the cool chocolatey mixture. While I wouldn’t eat at a fast food place now, the love of fries has not diminished.
I wanted to make oven fries since deep frying at home is pretty unsafe and I am sure I would set a small fire in my kitchen. At first, I was setting my oven a little too low for those really crispy fries that I wanted so be not afraid of cranking your oven up! Also it is important to make sure that you preheat your oven so the potatoes go into a hot oven to achieve maximum crispiness. You can omit the spice mixture and just use salt if you don’t like spicy foods.
The milkshake is simple and unlike diner-style milkshakes, this one does not have any dairy or refined sugars. The salted peanut butter and chocolate combination is the best as any Reese’s cup lover would understand. The bananas make the milkshake thick and creamy. What would we vegans do without bananas??
What weird food combos do you love?
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- Salted PB Chocolate Shake
- 1.5 cups unsweetened almond milk
- 2 frozen bananas
- 2 tablespoons roasted peanut butter (I buy unsalted)
- 1 tablespoon cacao powder
- 2 pitted Medjool dates
- 8-9 ice cubes (more if your bananas aren't frozen)
- Add all the ingredients to a high powered blender. Blend until smooth. Serve and enjoy!
- 2 large russet potatoes, washed and cut into fries (peels on)
- 1.5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon fine grain sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ancho chili powder
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, coat the cut potatoes with the oil, salt, and spices.
- Transfer the potatoes to the baking sheet and spread them out into a single layer.
- Bake for 30 minutes, flipping halfway through.
- Remove from oven once they are golden and crispy. Depending on how thick you cut your fries, the cooking time will vary. After you flip them, keep an eye on them. No one likes burnt fries!!
- Serve with the milkshake above or ketchup.
Yes! We used to do this with fries and sundaes! Yum!
Wow! That’s a really weird combo. I’m definitely intrigued though =)
My fries never come out crispy, so I’m excited to follow your recipe and see if I can get them a little crispier.
Your shake sounds amazing!
I hope that with this recipe, your fries turn out crispy!! Be sure to dip it in the milkshake. It is delicious!
I too, was a lover of dipping fries into a milkshake. I used always get a chocolate shake for fry dipping.
I love the sound of that salted P&B shake. Yum!
Glad to hear it isn’t just me!
Sounds like a pretty fun combo!
They can be enjoyed on their own or together, but together is the best!
Love it! I think shakes & fries are an excellent combo – especially the pb-chocolate shake. Yumm! What a wonderful idea.
I haven’t had it in years but Vegan MoFo can bring out all sorts of old ideas made new.