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Alexia Sweet Potato Waffle Cut Fries

July 17, 2022 by Stuart Melling
Alexia Sweet Potato Waffle Cut Fries

Quick review: I’m not the biggest fan of sweet potato in general, but I found this waffle cut product quite good. The main notable point is the extra surface area …

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Alexia Crispy Rosemary Fries

July 3, 2022 by Stuart Melling
Alexia Crispy Rosemary Fries

Quick review: These fries are another great product from the always reliable Alexia brand, a label of the Lamb Weston corporation. The rosemary fries are a slightly chunkier version of …

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Alexia Crispy Truffle Fries reviewed

March 12, 2022 by Stuart Melling
Alexia Crispy Truffle Fries

Cooking: The packaging reckons you should bake these fries, it provides no further instruction. Guess what? I air fried them, and it works much better – and faster too. Seven …

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Alexia Sweet Potato Fries with Sea Salt

September 4, 2021 by Stuart Melling

Stuart MellingHi, I’m Stuart, nice to meet you!  I’m the founder, writer and wrangler at Gastronomic SLC – Utah’s biggest and oldest online food magazine; I’m also a former restaurant …

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Alexia House Cut Fries with Sea Salt

August 29, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Alexia House Cut Fries with Sea Salt

Quick review: Like most of the Alexia line up, this is a clean and simple product, notably less processed than many of its peers. You will pay a little extra …

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Beyond Burger with mushrooms, Swiss and sweet potato fries

June 26, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Beyond Burger with mushrooms swiss and Alexia sweet potato fries

O.k. so it’s not vegan but it’s still vegetarian – we give you the mushroom Swiss with sweet potato fries. It’s the perfect weeknight junk food treat without all the …

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Mushroom and Swiss burger

June 14, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Mushroom and Swiss burger

This could almost fit in the 15 minute meal category if it weren’t for the fact to make the perfect mushrooms takes just a little longer. In fact I find …

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Sweet potato fry nachos

May 24, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Sweet potato fries with MorningStar Farms crumblers

The crinkle cut fries from Alexia are the basis for this meat free comfort food dish. After cooking the fries to a crisp finish (an air fryer works best) its …

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Categories 30 Minute Meals, Comfort Food, Dinner Ideas, Mash Up, Meat Free Tags Alexia, McCormick, MorningStar Farms Leave a comment

Fish and chips with sweet potato

September 23, 2020May 24, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Fish and chips with sweet potato

Fish, chips and mushy peas, a trifecta made in heaven. For a different spin, nest time try some sweet potato fries. The sweeter side dish is a great match for …

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Egg n’ Chips with a Southwest twist

May 24, 2020May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Egg n' Chips with a Southwest twist

This one comes from the Brit in me – Egg N Chips is a total comfort food dish. Cook up some chips (yeah yeah fries) and top with a runny …

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