Baked Potato Extraordinaire

A One Dish MealHate to wash dishes? In a hurry? Hungry? Want a healthy meal and not fast food junk? Look no further!

As you can see Fake Oakleys from the photo, this meal fills a standard dinner plate. It is filling, and healthy (or relatively so, depending on the toppings you choose).

Total prep time is about 10 minutes. Total cleanup time? How long does it take you to wash one dinner plate, fork, knife and cutting board? That's it! No pots and pans needed!

Start With a Baked PotatoWhether you bake the potato the traditional way in the oven, or in the microwave is up to you. If speed is your primary concern, go for the microwave.

Yes, under all that lies a simple baked potato, in and of itself not usually enough to satisfy most people as a full meal.

I admit to not making my personal potato meals quite as healthy as they could be. For starters, I tend to like "a little potato under my butter."

Then, I add whatever I have on Oakley Sunglasses Wholesale hand. Leftover cooked vegetables will work (peas, corn, broccoli, what have you).

Next, I In this Fake Oakleys instance, I used chopped raw carrots, green onions, black olives and some leftover taco filling made from Boca Meatless Crumbles. Usually, I add some chopped tomato, but this time I was all out.

Sample Ingredients: Use As A Starting Pointlarge baking potato, (one Fake Oakley Sunglasses per person)3 Tbsp. carrot, grated1 green onion, chopped1/2 tomato, diced1/4 cup steamed broccoli florets1/4 cup vegetarian "meat" crumbles, seasoned to taste2 Tbsp. butter or margarine2 Tbsp. I happen to prefer bleu cheese you might like ranch instead, or even French or CatalinaPair with your favorite beverage and enjoy!

Low Fat DisclaimerAs pictured, this meal is in no way slimming. It is a beautiful restaurant menu style photo, very appealing and tempting, but it has far too much cheese and dressing to belong in a weight loss plan.

Slim it down by using less dressing and less cheese perhaps even a low fat variety. Pile on the assorted veggies, choose a single topping only not both for even fewer calories, use moderation on the butter. and it's all good.

I linked to this Fake Oakley Sunglasses Hub from my weight loss Hub simply to illustrate a point.

VersatilityThe beauty of this quick meal is that it is absolutely personalized. There is no 'set recipe.' I've provided but a jumping off point. The rest is up to you.

Change out the veggie toppings to suit your or your family's preferences. If you're serving the whole family, you can even set it up like a taco bar, with all the toppings set out, and everyone goes down the line fixing thier plate to suit. No one then gets to gripe about what they've been served!

As presented, the recipe is vegetarian (although certainly not vegan I like my cheese too much, I'm afraid).

stephhicks68 4 years ago from Bend, Oregon

Yum and how timely! I regularly make taco meat that we use to top baked potatoes with cheese, green onion, sour cream and olives. Delicious!