Twice Baked Potatoes With Greek Yogurt Recipes

GREEK YOGURT AND CHIVE TWICE-BAKED POTATOES WITH OPTIONAL BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Scrub potatoes, dry, and rub with olive oil and kosher salt. Prick them three or four times with a fork. Place directly on oven rack and bake 40 - 50 minutes until tender all the way through.
• Remove from oven and reduce heat to 350 degrees. Allow potatoes to cool for about five minutes, until relatively easy to handle. Slice in half with a sharp knife and allow to cool, cut side up, for a few more minutes.
• Using a spoon, carefully carve out the middle of the potato, leaving about 1/4 inch of potato along the sides and bottoms. This helps the potato to stay rigid.
• Carefully set potato halves hollowed side up on a roomy baking sheet.
• Place potato innards in a large bowl along with the Greek yogurt, 1 cup cheddar cheese, and Parmesan cheese.
• In a microwave-safe bowl, heat the milk and butter on medium heat just until the butter has melted. Add to the potato mixture. Using a potato masher or a fork, stir and mash until only small lumps remain. Stir in the chives, salt, and pepper. If adding bacon to the entire recipe, go ahead and stir that in now as well. If you're adding it to half of the recipe only, don't add it yet!
• Taste and add additional salt and pepper if you'd like.
• Carefully spoon potato and Greek yogurt mixture into six of the potato halves, mounding as much as you can without the filling spilling over the sides. If adding bacon to half the mixture, stir the bacon into the remaining mixture then continue filling the rest of the potatoes.
• Sprinkle the remaining 1/3 cup cheddar cheese over each potato half.
• Bake for about 20 minutes until the filling is heated through and the potatoes begin to turn golden brown.
• Garnish with additional fresh snipped chives, if desired. Serve.

TWICE-BAKED POTATOES WITH GREEK YOGURT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Arrange potatoes on a rimmed baking sheet, and bake until fork tender, about 1 1/2 hours. Let cool slightly.
• Warm butter and cream in a small saucepan. Carefully peel hot potatoes, and cut into thirds. Pass potatoes through a ricer into a large bowl. Fold in cream mixture, yogurt, and chives. Season with salt and pepper.
• Place eight 6-ounce ramekins on a rimmed baking sheet, and divide potatoes among ramekins. Bake until tops are slightly puffed and golden brown, about 30 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes. Garnish with chives if desired before serving.

BAKED POTATOES WITH CREAMY HERB TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Poke each potato with a fork a few times. Place on a baking sheet lined with foil and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until they are easily pierced with a knife. Wrap them loosely in the foil for 5 minutes or until ready to serve.
• If using regular yogurt, place it in a strainer lined with paper towel and set the strainer over a bowl. Let the yogurt drain and thicken for 20 minutes.
• Combine the Greek-style yogurt or regular thickened yogurt, the oil, parsley and chives of the in a small bowl.
• Slice the potatoes in half lengthwise and dollop a tablespoon of the creamy herb topping on each half.
• Excellent source of: Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Potassium
• Good source of: Protein, Fiber, Calcium, Magnesium, Manganese

TWICE-BAKED SWEET POTATOES FROM VOSKOS®

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with foil. Prick each sweet potato twice with a fork. Place the sweet potatoes on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 45 to 60 minutes or just until tender. Remove potatoes from oven and let stand until cool enough to handle. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F.
• Cut each sweet potato in half lengthwise. Scoop out the cooked pulp from six of the sweet potato halves, leaving shells about 1/4 inch thick and reserving pulp in a large bowl. Remove all the pulp from the remaining sweet potatoes, discarding skins. Add one of the containers of VOSKOS® Nonfat Honey Greek Yogurt, the butter, cinnamon, salt, and pepper to the pulp and mash with a potato masher until the mixture is fairly smooth.
• Using a spoon, fill the six shells with mashed potato mixture. Transfer the filled sweet potato shells to a foil-lined baking sheet. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until heated through. Combine the remaining container of yogurt with the orange peel, and orange juice in a small bowl. Top sweet potatoes with orange-yogurt mixture and sprinkle with pecans.

GREAT TWICE BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a small bowl combine oil, salt and pepper. Rub potato skins with oil mixture.
• Bake potatoes (do not wrap in foil) in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until soft.
• Remove potatoes from oven and slice skin off of the top. Scoop the flesh into a large bowl, reserving the intact skins. To the potatoes add cheese, egg, butter and half of the green onions. Mash potatoes while gradually adding milk. Spoon the mixture into the skins and top with remaining onions and paprika.
• Bake for an additional 15 minutes, or until golden brown.