lovely filling twice-baked potatoes

This recipe is delicious and filling without being stodgy or unhealthy. The skins are delicious and crispy, and they look a lot more exciting than your average baked potato. 

I've made this super healthy - instead of cheese, I've used some yummy paprika and turmeric tofu, spring onions and parsley! You can always do more than one potato at once too - they make a perfect portable lunch for the day after!

Serves 2 

2 baking potatoes

3 spring onions

1/2 block of tofu

a few splashes of non-dairy milk

turmeric

paprika

fresh parsley or chives 

a big shake of nutritional yeast (what's that?)

salt & pepper

olive oil

1. Pop the oven on, at 200 degrees Celsius/390 farenheit.

2. Prick your baking potatoes all over with a fork. Rub the potatoes with olive oil, and sprinkle  some pepper and a teeny bit of salt over the skins too. 

3. I'm impatient, so I microwave the potatoes first - for 3 mins, then turn them over, then another 3 minutes. Pop them on a baking tray and into the oven for approx 30 minutes. 

4. While they're cooking, get a non stick frying pan, add a little olive oil and crumble the tofu into the pan. Add some turmeric and some paprika, as well as some pepper, and fry until everything is nice and colourful and smelling delicious.

5. Chop your spring onions and parsley/chives, and add them to a bowl that will be big enough to mix everything in.

6. Once the potatoes are done, chop them in half lengthwise, so you get two potato boats. Carefully scoop out the insides into the bowl - but leave a bit of potato all the way around to stop you from tearing the skin.

7. Add the tofu and the nutritional yeast  to the bowl as well, and start stirring everything together. Nutritional yeast gives a great cheesy-nutty type taste, so get it from a health food shop or online if you can. 

8. If the mixture is too dry, add a splash of milk, and repeat if you need to. Scoop the mixture carefully back into the potato boats, and pop them back in the oven for another 10-15 minutes, until the top starts to brown.

9. Serve with a lovely side salad for the perfect spring dinner - filling and fresh!!

Now the weather is getting better, do you have any recipes you love to dig out?

I've also loved this album showing what groceries of different families from around the world bought in a week - it's fascinating, check it out!