Quick Lunch: Baked Potato in a microwave

Food Feature: How to make a quick baked potato 

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Melissa Wong

Ingredients:

Canola oil to coat potato

Pinch of salt

Pinch of pepper

1 russet potato (but you can try other types)

1 tbsp butter

2 tbsp meat (cooked bacon, chicken or turkey)

3 tsp milk

3 tbsp grated cheddar cheese

3 tsp cream cheese or sour cream

Directions:

Select a potato to bake.

Scrub the potato skin with cold water. Dry and poke about 12 holes all over the potato with a fork. This allows moisture to escape.

Place the potato on a plate and coat it lightly with canola oil.

Sprinkle a pinch of salt over the top of the potato.

The baked potatoes skin is edible too.
I am about to eat this potato for lunch.
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Using a microwave, bake it for 7-9 minutes. When the potato is soft, you’ll know because squeezing the sides of the potato will give no resistance. If it is still firm, put it back in for a minute or two until it is tender.

Remove the potato and cut it in half.

With a fork scrape out the potato's fleshy white insides and scoop it into a bowl.

Add the milk, grated cheese, and sour cream or cream cheese to the mashed potato. Crumble your choice of cooked meat and toss it in with the mashed potato mixture.

Mash and mix the ingredients in the bowl and once mixed, stuff the hollow potato.

Add some extra cheese, butter, salt and pepper on top and then put the potato back in the microwave for a few seconds to slightly melt the cheese into the potato.

Your lunch is ready!

Tip: Feel free to add toppings like more grated cheddar cheese, feta cheese, salt and pepper, yogurt, butter, salsa, green onion, bacon, etc. 

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