Cheese-Stuffed Potatoes Recipe

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Cottage cheese is the "secret" ingredient in this creamy side dish. "I make two potatoes, one for dinner and one for lunch the next day," notes Janet English, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Cheese-Stuffed Potatoes Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 1 hour

Yield: 2 Servings

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Ingredients

2 medium baking potatoes
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 tablespoons water
1/2 cup 4% cottage cheese
1/4 cup buttermilk
3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onions

Directions

Bake potatoes at 400° for 1 hour or until tender. Cut a thin slice off the top of each potato and discard. Scoop out pulp, leaving a thin shell. In a small bowl, mash pulp; set aside.
In a small skillet, cook and stir onion in water for 2-3 minutes or until tender. Add mashed potatoes, cottage cheese, buttermilk, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Stir until blended and heated through. Spoon into potato shells. Sprinkle with green onion. Yield: 2 servings.

Originally published as Cheese-Stuffed Potatoes in Taste of Home February/March 2005, p23