For-1- Baked Garden-Fresh Potato

Category: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Ready in 45 minutes

Ingredients

1 Baking potato [=1/2 lb]

1/4 c Mushrooms, coarsely chopped

pn Pepper

pn Salt

1/4 c Cheddar cheese, shredded

pn Dried Oregano

1/2 Tomato, diced

1/4 c Sweet green pepper, diced

1/4 c Parmesan, freshly grated

2 tb Plain low-fat yogurt


Directions

Scrub potato and prick in several places with fork. Place on paper towel; microwave at High for 6-7 minutes or until tender. Alternately, bake in 400F 200C toaster oven for 1 hour. Set aside 2 tb of the Cheddar. In bowl, stir together remaining Cheddar, Parmesan, green pepper, mushrooms, oregano and tomato. Push to one side of bowl. Cut cooked potato in half and scoop out pulp. In empty side of same bowl, mash pulp with yogurt and stir into cheese mixture. On serving plate, mound in potato shells. Microwave at High for 3-4 minutes or bake in 400F 200C toaster oven for 15-20 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with reserved Cheddar and salt and pepper. Per Serving: about 420 calories, 23 g protein, 18 g fat, 44 g carbohydrate high source fibre, excellent source calcium, good source iron. Source: Canadian Living magazine Oct 94 Presented in article by Rose Murray: "Health & Well-Fare: Cooking On Your Own" [-=PAM=-] PA_Meadows@msn.com

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