Cheesy baked potatoes

The humble baked potato: not usually worthy of a blog post, but these are one of our family faves so I thought I’d share as they’re a sure fire hit. If you’re stuck with what to cook and only have basic ingredients this is a super simple way of turning an ordinary baked pot into something special! (well almost)

Ingredients

• 1 baked potato per person and a couple extra for lunch tomorrow

• The same amount of butter and cheddar cheese that you would normally use for the number of potatoes you’e cooking

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180°C.

• Bake your potatoes as usual; once they’re done, cut in half, scoop out the insides and put in a big bowl ready to mash.

• Put in a teaspoon of butter and a small handful of cheddar for each potato. I didn’t have quite enough cheddar so I used some parmesan as well, but save some cheddar for topping if you can and mash.

• Add any of the following: diced fried onion, roasted red peppers (jarred for ease), sun dried tomatoes, bacon, tuna mayo (think tuna melt), ham or mozzarella, feta - anything you like really, but make sure it’s chopped fairly small.

• Mix up the lot and put it back in the skins, top with grated cheese and put back in the oven for 5-10 mins or until browned on top. If they won’t brown then just flash under the grill for 2 mins.

• Great for lunch with salad or a simple dinner. We ate ours for lunch with a combination of veggie sausages, salad and beans (for the kids).

  Tip

  For a more ‘sophisticated’ option could also try the same method with sweet potato - it’s lovely with mozzarella, basil & roasted red peppers.