Stuffed Potatoes

So I didn't quite meet my goal. Wednesday night I gave in and we ordered Pizza. Brandi's Chicken will have to wait until next week. I also didn't post a recipe for spaghetti because I figure not many people need a basic spaghetti recipe. I just make mine from a can!
Tonight we had stuffed potatoes and I forgot to take a picture before we ate, oops! We have two more in the freezer so when we cook those I will add a photo. For now here is the recipe. I got this one from a cookbook from the library that I photocopied some pages from. I liked this book because it had recipes for "2 fer meals" (make one night and use left overs for something yummy the next night), freezer meals and easy meals. However, I don't have the title of the book! I will try to find it at the library again and add it to the post. Anyway, short recipe long, here it is:

Stuffed Potatoes:

Ingredients:
6 medium sized baking potatoes
Oil
kosher salt
1/2 cup softened cream cheese
1/4 cup softened butter
1/3 cup milk
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
6 cooked bacon slices cooled and crumbled
2 green onions chopped
salt and pepper to taste.

Directions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Poke potatoes for baking. Coat potatoes with oil. (I just use my hands and rub it all over). In a large zip lock bag add salt and one potato at a time and get a good flavoring of salt on the potatoes. (This makes the skin taste super good and is something I do now with regular baked potatoes).
Bake un-covered for 1 hour or until tender. Let cool.

Cut a wide strip of skin off top of potatoes and throw away the skin. Scoop out inside into a large bowl leaving shells in tact. Mash pulp, cream cheese, butter and milk with a masher, stir in cheese and other ingredients. Spoon mixture into shells.

Wrap with foil; freeze in large zip lock bag up to 1 month.

To cook from frozen:
preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove desired amount of potatoes from bag bake for about 1 hour.

To cook from fresh:
Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.


I normally served these at the main dish with a salad but could be used as a tasty side dish with a steak or other meat if your into the carnivore thing.