CORE Stuffed Potato

Serves: 2

Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients:

• 2 potatoes, approx 180g
• 30 g diced ham or bacon
• 2 tsp chopped parsley
• 2 tsp chopped spring onion or chives
• 4 TB lite cottage cheese
• ground pepper

Optional - add some finely chopped capsicum, mushroom, pineapple, corn etc.

Note - if family members are not keen on cottage cheese, substutite 2 TB of grated cheddar to their stuffing instead of the cottage cheese.

Method:
Wash and dry the potatoes.
Bake at 180*C for 1h 15 mins.
Slice a "lid" off the top of the potatoes, just under 1cm thick
Using a teaspoon, scoop out the potato flesh, leaving a shell of about 5mm.
Mash the potato with a fork and mix all other ingredients through the potato
Put the mix back into the shells, pushing down with a back of teaspoon (there will probably be a little left over).
Wrap stuffed potatoes in alfoil and return to oven for another 20 mins.

Serve with more vegies or salad and a grilled piece of lean meat

Not on Core? Each stuffed potato with cottage cheese is 2 points (3 points for low fat cheddar)