Perked-Up Baked Potato Recipe

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With the delicious toppings and fun crunch, this colorful potato for two could easily become a weekly routine. “It’s great served with veal chops and asparagus,” suggests Billie Moss of Walnut Creek, California.

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Perked-Up Baked Potato Recipe
  • Prep: 15 min. Bake: 50 min.
  • Yield: 2 Servings
15 50 65

Ingredients

  • 1 large baking potato
  • 1 tablespoon reduced-fat butter
  • 1 tablespoon chopped sweet onion
  • 1 tablespoon chopped celery
  • 1 tablespoon chopped sweet red pepper
  • 2 tablespoons reduced-fat sour cream
  • 2 teaspoons unsalted sunflower kernels
  • Dash paprika

Directions

  • Scrub and pierce potato. Bake at 400° for 50-75 minutes or until tender.
  • Cut potato in half lengthwise; mash the pulp with a fork. Top each half with butter, onion, celery, red pepper and sour cream; sprinkle with sunflower kernels and paprika. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1/2 potato equals 210 calories, 6 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 15 mg cholesterol, 60 mg sodium, 36 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 6 g protein.

Originally published as Perked-Up Baked Potato in Cooking for 2 Spring 2008, p43

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