10 toppings for baked potatoes - quick easy meal

March 4, 5:59 PMPasco County Food ExaminerSusan Slade

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When dining out, or eating in, we often have a baked potato as a side dish.

Growing up in England, just after the war, all we had to eat were the vegetables my Dad grew, in our garden.

At least twice a week out main meal would be a Jacket Potato, as we call them back home.

Dad would grow King Edward potatoes, which probably doesn't surprise you. Mum would wash them, jab them with a fork, and then put them on a baking tray in the oven. They would cook for a couple of hours in a moderate oven. She would find all sorts of fillings for them, and we never realized that we were getting the same meal.

In England, there are restaurants that only sell jacket or baked potatoes. These do a thriving business.

Ideas for toppings for baked potatoes:

Sour cream and chives.

Baked Beans.

Flavored cream cheese.

Chopped ham.

Bacon.

Tomato and cheese.

Any kind of cooked vegetables.

Cooked corn/canned corn.

Corn and ham.

Curry sauce.

When the baked potatoes come out of the oven, and they taste much better than cooking in a microwave, make a cross in the center. Push the potato and it opens up like a flower. Put, or pour your topping on the potato, and let it go over the sides and onto the plate. This way there is enough topping, to mix with all the potato. 

The most nutrition is in the skin, so by crisping it up in the oven, it will taste great.  I am sorry that their are no personal photographs, but my laptop crashed on me.