Crunchy Cereal Veggies

This crunchy cereal veggies dish is a crunchy sweet snack that uses your favorite cereal! We recommend a cereal that uses an iconic captain as their spokesperson.

Vegetables
 ½ cup all-purpose flour
 ½ tsp kosher salt
 ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
 3 egg whites, whisked with 3 tbsp water
 2 cups crunch cereal with a Cap’n as an iconic figure, crunched up!
 3 cups Colavita Extra Virgin Olive Oil
 1 handful green beans
 Several carrots, cut into ½-inch thick sticks
 Several zucchini, cut into ¼-inch thick rounds
 1 sweet potato, peeled or not (the peel is healthy!) cut into ¼-inch thick rounds
Spicy Maple Dipping Sauce:
 1 cup ketchup
 ⅓ cup maple syrup
 1 tbsp Sriracha sauce

Vegetables:
1

Line a baking sheet with several layers of paper towels.

2

Place flour with salt and pepper on a large piece of parchment paper (makes for easier clean-up).

3

Place whisked egg whites in a shallow bowl or pie pan.

4

Place crunchy iconic cereal on a large piece of parchment.

5

Heat oil to 360°F.

6

Dip veggies into flour, then egg whites, and finally cereal and then fry, a few pieces at a time, until golden and crispy on all sides.

7

Sprinkle cooked veggies with salt.

Spicy Maple Dipping Sauce:
8

Whisk ketchup, syrup, and Sriracha together and place in serving cup.