Dizzy Dee

When I went on a holiday trip a while back, I bought myself the Essentials magazine to read on the plane.  I’m not selling it, but I was amply impressed.  Other magazines give advice on achieving financial freedom in 10 easy steps, or how to create a better “you”.  There may be some truth in some of the things that they advise, but most of it is just a bunch of writing to make up the words on the page – in my humble opinion.

Anyway, the point which I was getting at; Essentials is a great magazine for someone who loves cooking & general “house” stuff.  I found a couple of recipes in there, which I still have to try.  And also found really cool home decor ideas!  One of their tips, was to use tea cups as flower pots – especially old ones which don’t form part of a set anyway!!

One of the recipes which I did try out was a potato recipe.  I modified it a bit according to our food pref’s.

You basically make baked potatoes in the oven, but with a bit of an interesting, yet easy-to-make twist.  First rub them with oil before baking, and then sprinkling with sea salt.  Bake for about an hour and a half, at 180 degrees Celsius, or until fully cooked.  Once they’re done, remove from the oven, slice potatoes in half, and scoop out the flesh.  Stick the potato skins back in the oven, and back for about 20min, until crispy.  While waiting for the skins to crisp, mash the potato flesh, and mix with a bit of butter & milk (not too much to make it runny, just enough to form a smooth paste).  Add fried or grilled bacon, fried onions, grated cheese, green peppers, or whatever you prefer to mix in with the mash.
Once the skins are crisp, scoop the mash-mix into the skins and and return to the oven until the cheese is melted.

I was really impressed with this recipe, as its really easy to make.  It can also be easily modified, by adding cream cheese, sour cream, spring onions etc. etc. The quantity of bacon can be increased if you want to have potatoes for a light meal, or reduced when having as a side dish at a “braai”, for instance.

Thank you Essentials for adding a bit of variety on the menu

Tags: essentials, magazine, potato, Recipe, tips

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