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Twice-Baked Potatoes

This stuffed potato is so simple to prepare that you won't ever bother with those high-fat frozen versions.

Type: Vegetables
Courses: Side dish
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

4   Russet potatoes - (abt 8 oz ea) - scrubbed
1/2 cup 118ml1% milk - warmed
1/4 cup 36g / 1.3ozParmesan cheese
2   Garlic cloves - minced
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlBasil
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlOregano
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake the potatoes directly on the rack for about 1 hour until cooked through. Remove potatoes from the oven and let cool for about 15 minutes.

Split the potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out the flesh. Combine the flesh with the remaining ingredients and stuff into potato shells.

Put potatoes on a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

This recipe yields 4 servings. Serving size: 1 potato.

Exchanges Per Serving: 3 Starch.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 246; Calories from Fat 25; Total Fat 3g; Saturated Fat 2g; Cholesterol 9mg; Sodium 156mg; Carbohydrate 48g; Dietary Fiber 4g; Sugars 5g; Protein 9g.

Source:
American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org

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