Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Baked Potato Skins With Creamy Spinach and Turkey Bacon


I was canceling my monthly pass to use my lifetime status and when you choose not to cancel a little booklet of recipes pops up. I thought this recipe looked really good. Someone should make these for ww's if they're as good as they look! hint, hint! :)
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POINTS® Value: 2
Servings: 6
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 20 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy

Creamy spinach and salty bacon makes these potatoes a hit. Make a double batch for your next party.


Ingredients
3 medium potato(es), baked, sliced in half and cooled
1 spray(s) cooking spray
20 oz chopped frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
4 oz light cream cheese, at room temperature
1/4 tsp table salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
3 slice(s) cooked crisp turkey bacon, crumbled
Instructions

* Preheat oven to 400ºF. Scoop out flesh of potatoes, leaving about 1/4 of potato flesh in potato. (Reserve remaining potato flesh for another use such as mashed potatoes.)

* Place potato halves on a baking sheet and coat with cooking spray. Bake until lightly browned, about 15 minutes. While potato skins bake, combine spinach, cream cheese, salt and pepper in a medium bowl until well-blended.

* Remove skins from oven and spoon 3 tablespoons of spinach mixture into each potato half; bake until warmed through, about 5 minutes more.

* Remove skins from oven and top each half with about 1 tablespoon of crumbled bacon. Yields 1 potato half per serving.

Notes

* To easily dry spinach, place thawed spinach in a clean kitchen towel and squeeze out liquid over the sink, as though you were wringing out a wet towel.

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