Veggie Potato Skins

I don't know about you, but I love me some TGIFridays action. Their potato skins are delish. And will probably kill me, but I at least have their $5 dollar Happy Hour Margarita(s) to wash down the artery-clogging delight. This helps me forget how bad they are.

With my last post, we made baked potatoes. Perhaps you are like me and tend to over-cook. I of course baked 3 potatoes when I only needed one. This is the first step in making your very own "skins". Please be advised: I made these the next day and have simply been too lazy/busy with my new puppy to post. The potatoes have not been sitting around for a week.

You will need:

2 previously baked potatoes
Butter or Fake Butter of choice - I really Can't Believe It's Not Butter!
Spinach
Mozzarella
Salt and Pepper to taste
Sour Cream/Plain yogurt

1. Cut sides of baked potatoes as thick as you desire your skins.

2. Apply butter/fake butter to potato, followed by spinach and shredded cheese.

3. Pop in the microwave for 1-2 minutes or until potatoes are hot and cheese is melted. If you prefer your cheese a little brown on top, place in oven or toaster oven for a few minutes.

4. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve with sour cream or plain yogurt.

Cost Breakdown
2 baked potatoes at the 99 cent store($.10 each) = $0.20
1/4 bag of spinach at the 99 cent store = $.25
1/4 bag of shredded cheese from WalMart = $.50

$.20
$.25
$.50
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$.95

Side Dishes Demand To Be a Meal

Quick little lunch post, this is easy peasy. Or you could eat it for dinner. This does not change it's difficulty level

Ingredients:
Potatoes
Raw Spinach
Pear
Feta
Dressing of choice (Optional)
Potato additions like butter, sour cream, cheese, etc

1. Bake potatoes in an oven. Or toaster oven. Or microwave. (I usually microwave for about 6 minutes, maybe more) I realize with this post, I don't really officially know how to bake potatoes. I just put them in a hot oven for a while until I think they are done. I have realized this is foolish. Here you can find many ways to bake a potato.

2. Once spuds are baked and ready, make a simple spinach salad. Slice pear and top spinach with pear and feta. Add dressing if desired. I used an Italian. Not an actual Italian - there is no pretty boy named Bonaventure (an Italian name meaning good luck) making my salads.

3. Add desired toppings to potato. I like to use plain non-fat yogurt instead of sour cream. Thank you, Jen! You really can't taste much of a difference.

Serve and eat!


Cost Breakdown

Bag of Potatoes: $1 @ 99 cent store - We'll just say this equals about $.10 a spud even though it isn't near that much.

1/4 Bag of Spinach: $1 @ 99 cent store/4 = $.25

1/2 pear: $.79 @ Ralph's/2 = $.40

2 TB of Feta: $.36 a serving (Confusing math time, GO! There are 14 tablespoons of Feta in a $2.50 container.)

I'm not breaking down the cost of dressing and toppings. The feta equation hurt my brain.

$.10

$.25

$.40

$.36

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$1.11 a person!

So today we have learned I need to learn how to actually make baked potatoes and some info on how to name your Italian child.