Baked Potato Soup

I found this recipe on Cooking Light-- very good!

Ingredients

4 baking potatoes
2/3 cup all purpuse flour
6 cups 2% reduced fat milk
1 cup reduced fat shreddes extra sharp cheddar cheese
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 cup reduced fat sour cream
3/4 cup chopped green onions
6 bacon slices- cooked and crumbled

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Pierce potatoes with fork and bake for 1 hour or until tender. Cool. Peel potatoes; coarsely mash.

Place flour in large duch oven. Gradually stir in milk stirring with a whisk until blended. Cook over medium heat until thick and bubbly (about 8 minutes). Add mashed potatoes, 3/4 cup cheese, salt, and 1/2 tsp pepper, stirring until cheese melts. Remove from heat.

Stir in sour cream and 1/2 cup onions. Cook over low heat 10 minutes or until thoroughly heated (do not boil).

Serve in bowls garnished with cheese, onions and bacon.

Enjoy!

Beef and Vegetable Stroganoff- Topped Potato

This recipe was nice and easy and gives you everything. I adapted it from Pillsbury.

Ingredients
2 medium baking potatoes
1 tsp olive oil
6 oz beef flank steak cut into thin bite size strips
1 cup mushrooms
1 small onion cut into wedges
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp pepper
1 can Progresso light savory vegetable barley soup
1/4 cup fat free sour cream

Generously pierce potatoes with fork. Place in microwave. Microwave on High 5-7 minutes turning over once or until tender. Cover and let stand.

In a nonstick skillet, heat oil over high heat. Add beef, mushroom, and onion. Sprinkle with garlic powder and pepper. Cook 5-7 minutes stirring frequently, just until beef is browned and vegetables begin to soften. Stir in soup. Heat to boiling. Coook uncovered over high 7-10 minutes or until mixture thickens. Remove from heat and stir in Sour cream.

Place potatoes on plate and spoon beef mixture on top. Enjoy!

PW Crashed Hot Potatoes

Pioneers Woman blog rocks== that is all I got to say. I like to try everything she makes as it seems like everything comes out just right. Here is another winner!!

Ingredients

New Potatoes
Olive Oil
Kosher Salt
Black Pepper
Herbs- whatever you like (I used parsley and garlic)
( I also added some cheese)

Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until fork tender. Preheat oven to 450. Generously drizzle olive oil on a sheet pan (dont skimp as you dont want potatoes to stick). Spread potatoes out on sheet. With a potato masher- gently press down the potato until it mashes. Then rotate the masher 90 degrees and flatten it down. Do this to all the potatoes. Next, brush the tops rather generously with olive oil. Salt & Pepper the potatoes with Kosher salt to your liking. Next add your herbs- chop and sprinkle it over the potatoes. I used parsley and garlic. MMM. Next I added cheese. Now put them in oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden and crispy. Enjoy!