I am from the South, so I grew up eating breaded, fried okra. Don't get me wrong, I love it, BUT.... I don't eat fried foods anymore. When I went to the Farmer's Market a few days ago, I came across the most beautiful okra and thought, "Ah, man! I wish I could have some fried okra. Oh well." And I almost passed it up, BUT... then I stopped myself. I bake a lot of my veggies, so I figured there must be a way to bake okra, too. I found a Paleo recipe for baked okra and made it with some tweaking of my own. It was SO good!!! What a great snack!!
Ingredients: (makes about 1 cup)
10 large okra
1 tsp grape seed oil
cracked pepper
garlic salt
a dash of red pepper
Directions:
Cut the okra into thin slices (~1/4 inch slices). Lightly toss them in grape seed oil. Spread them out in one layer on a baking sheet sprayed with coconut oil spray, and then sprinkle on the cracked pepper, red pepper, and garlic salt.
Bake for 15-20 minutes at 400. They'll come out crispy with no slime. :)
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