Like many of you, I vowed to get back on track this January after a month long indulgence of eating holiday sweets, eats and savoury treats. It was evident by both the scale and our jeans that the holidays had taken a toll on our waistlines, but my husband and I were ready to start the new year with a fresh start at eating healthy.
Eating healthy doesn’t have to mean giving up the things you love, it just means you need to watch your portion size and make smarter choices. There are great ways to modify all kinds of your favourite meals to make them better for you. If you love a good loaded potato, I think you’ll also love this slimmed down version of a twice baked potato too!
Gay Lea’s Nordica Cottage Cheese is the secret ingredient to these creamy and delicious potatoes. High in protein and low in fat, plus Nordica cottage cheese is also a great source of calcium! Pair these Skinny Twice Baked Potatoes with a fresh garden salad topped with cooked chicken for a healthy, satisfying meal.
Skinny Twice Baked Potatoes
Ingredients
2 large potatoes
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup Gay Lea Nordica Fat Free Cottage Cheese
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese
Directions
1. Wash potato and pierce several times with fork and cook on full power in the microwave for 8 minutes. Turn over, and continue to cook for 8 more minutes until soft. If you have a potato button on you microwave, this should work fine too.
2. Turn on oven and set to Broil.
3. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out potato and set aside. Leave about 1/8 inch of potato so you do not damage the skin.
4. Brush the potato skins with olive oil on both sides. Place on cookie sheet and broil in oven for 5 minutes or until golden brown.
5. While the skins are in the oven, puree cottage cheese and egg yolk with a hand blender. Add potato flesh, dill, pepper and cheese. Pulse until just blended.
7. Scoop potato mixture into the browned potato skins. Broil in oven to heat through, approximately 5 minutes.
Skinny Twice Baked Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 large potatoes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup Gay Lea Nordica Fat Free Cottage Cheese
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
Wash potato and pierce several times with fork and cook on full power in the microwave for 8 minutes. Turn over, and continue to cook for 8 more minutes until soft. If you have a potato button on you microwave, this should work fine too.
Turn on oven and set to Broil.
Cut potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out potato and set aside. Leave about ⅛ inch of potato so you do not damage the skin.
Brush the potato skins with olive oil on both sides. Place on cookie sheet and broil in oven for 5 minutes or until golden brown.
While the skins are in the oven, puree cottage cheese and egg yolk with a hand blender. Add potato flesh, dill, pepper and cheese. Pulse until just blended.
Scoop potato mixture into the browned potato skins. Broil in oven to heat through, approximately 5 minutes.
Visit the Gay Lea website for other healthy recipes to keep you on track this year!
Disclosure: I am part of the Gay Lea Ambassador Campaign with Mom Central Canada and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.
I must try these! Definitely over the weekend 🙂
Not entirely sure about the cottage cheese as I’m not a big fan, but I might just give it a try anyway…
You won’t actually taste the cottage cheese, but the potatoes will be nice and creamy!
Never thought about using cottage cheese in twice baked potatoes but I am sure it would work great! I will have to try it next time I make them!
What time is DINNER?? Those look delicious!! YUM!!
should be gluten free too!
Yum! I love twice baked potatoes. These look so good! 🙂
I love twice baked potatoes. These sound amazing!
Well we vowed to live a healthier life style so we are going to give this meal a shot..if you have any great healthy eating ideas I would love them because I have no clue on making any except for the usual, fish and chicken! thanks!
These sound quite tasty!
Oh these sound great!! I spied the instagram picture yesterday and I was immediately intrigued- I thought what on earth is she making with potatoes and cottage cheese. I love both of those things. Actually it’s freakish how much I love cottage cheese.
lol mystery solved!
This sounds delicious, and very simple. Thanks for the recipe.
First of all… what I would do to eat that baked potato right now.. talk about YUM!! I’ve never thought of using Cottage Cheese with my baked potatoes. Sure looks delicious! I’m going to pick up some Gay Lea’s Nordica Cottage Cheese and try out your recipe!
These look delicious! Love twice baked potatoes!
I have made many many times twice baked, and skins but have never ever thought of using cottage cheese and it is one of my faves, I love eating it right out of the container, so yes I am going to have to make these up, I just cannot tell the hubby what is in them..lol, thanks for sharing!!
lol sneaky! I bet he won’t even notice!
I am going to be making these up on Saturday, wonder if hubby is going to be able to tell
Well I made them, the only thing I did different was brown the skins in my deep fryer, other than that followed the recipe to a tee and they turned out awesome, I love the dill in them too, and hubby never said a word, which is a good sign!! thanks for a great recipe!!
awesome! I love love love fresh dill! We used the rest of it up with some fish last night!
I don’t really care for cottage cheese, but I’d try this!
What a guilt free way to enjoy baked potatoes…one of my favourites!
Yum! I’d actually feel good about eating this and serving it regularly to my family.
These look delicious, I’ve never heard of using cottage cheese but it sounds yummy !
This will be a great new recipe to try for our family supper get-togethers.
This sure looks like a nice one to try over the holidays
This Skinny Twice Baked Potatoes lets you have a favorite comfort food without much of the fat. Thank you for this delicious recipes. I plan on saving it and cannot wait to try it.
Never thought of using cottage cheese to make this type of potatoes; definitely a healthier version.
I regret that I have not tried this recipe as yet but, on reading it over, it sounds so good. Now that the cold wintry days are here, I may have more ambition to make this delicious and healthy potato dish. Thank you for sharing with us.
I will have to try it now that I’m really watching what I eat and I miss having a baked potato.