I
skinnied the stuffed baked potato years ago. I make them all the time
and thought it was time to share my very low fat and healthier stuffed
potatoes (except the ones above have some leftover sausage, oops). For
years I made these as I would imagine the Pioneer Woman makes them
still, with cups of cheese and cream, but I have turned up my nose to
that old-fashioned and fattening way and get my flavor instead from
vegetables. Now you can eat stuffed baked potatoes
guilt free!
Scrub
and bake 4 large baking potatoes until done. Cool slightly, cut in
half and scoop out pulp. You can mash the pulp, but I prefer riced
potatoes and have a nifty ricer that I use for that. In the meantime,
in the food processor grate veggies of your choice. Today I used 1
small onion, 4 ribs celery, 3 carrots and 1/2 sweet potato. In a very
large pan with 2 T butter and 2T olive oil, saute grated vegetables
until soft, about 10 minutes. Add cooked veggies to riced potato pulp
and mix together, add non fat milk to thin a bit, and add about 2 t.
salt and 1/2 t. pepper. Pile back into the reserved potato skins and
top each with 1 T grated cheese if desired. Heat in microwave until
heated through. Makes 8 servings.
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| This is a 16" saute pan, it takes over two of the burners. |
I had 4 oz. of breakfast sausage leftover
from the kid's visit so browned that up and topped it with that too.
Sometimes I will add thinly sliced leftover chicken or even a poached
egg. Add a salad and we call that dinner. These look orange tonight,
but they look green if I use broccoli or spinach, funny!
