Recipe: Wonderful Stuffed Potatoes (using cottage cheese)

WONDERFUL STUFFED POTATOES

4 baking potatoes
3/4 cup 1% lowfat cottage cheese
1/4 cup 1% lowfat milk, or fat free milk
2 tablespoons margarine
1 teaspoon dill weed
3/4 teaspoon herb seasoning
4 to 6 drops hot pepper sauce
2 teaspoons grated Parmesan cheese

Prick potatoes with fork. Bake at 425 degrees F. for 60 minutes or until fork is easily inserted.

Cut potatoes in half lengthwise. Carefully scoop out potato leaving about 1/2-inch of pulp inside shell.

Mash pulp in large bowl. Mix in by hand remaining ingredients except Parmesan cheese. Spoon mixture into potato shells. Sprinkle top with 1/4 teaspoon Parmesan cheese.

Place on baking sheet and return to oven. Bake 15-20 minutes or until tops are golden brown.


Source: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1990's
From: CC/CA - 01-02-97