Stuffed Potatoes Two Ways

My sister is home from India visiting.  In her honour I had her over for supper the other night and I prepared stuffed potatoes two ways.  I made regular stuffed potatoes and sweet potatoe stuffed potaotes.  They were both really tasty and as a special compliment she told that she would have to go home and made these for my parents for supper one night.   Best of all they were easy to make.  Try them tonight.

Stuffed Baked Potatoes

Ingredients

• 6 baker potatoes
• 6 slices of crispy bacon
• 1 cup of cheddar cheese, crumbled
• Salt and pepper

Directions

1. Bake potatoes at 400 degrees for 45 minutes or until tender when pierced with a fork. Let cool.
2. Slice the top, lengthwise, off of each potato and scoop out the flesh. Add crumbled cheese, crumbled bacon, salt and pepper. Mash well and then stuff back into potato shells.
3. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes, or until cheese is melted and potatoes are heated through.

Stuffed Sweet Potato

Sweet Potato, cooked

Salt, Pepper, Nutmeg

Butter

2 BBQ Chicken Breasts Shredded

Cranberry Sauce

Cheddar Cheese, shredded

1. Bake sweet potato for 45 minutes until tender. Let cool before cutting. Lay the potato down longways and cut the top piece of skin off and start to mash the potato with a fork. Add butter, salt, pepper, and a pinch of nutmeg and mash until the potato is creamy. Try not to break apart the skin.

2. Shred a cooked chicken breast with a fork and add to a hot saute pan. When hot add cranberry sauce. I added about 2 TBS of sauce for one shredded chicken breast.

3. Mash down the potato to make room for this chicken. Add cheese on top and either bake for 10 minutes, or broil for 5 minutes.

4. Enjoy!