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Loaded baked potato topped with cottage cheese, veggies, and bacon.
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Cottage Cheese Baked Potatoes

Skip the butter and sour cream and top your potato with this high protein cottage cheese and vegetable topping!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time55 minutes
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes
Course: Dinners, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: baked potatoes, cottage cheese, cottage cheese baked potatoes
Servings: 4 servings
Author: Danae Halliday

Ingredients

  • 4 small russet potatoes, skin scrubbed clean
  • 2 cups cottage cheese, low fat or full fat
  • 1/2 cup shredded colby jack cheese
  • 1/2 cup diced red bell pepper
  • 2 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • 4 strips bacon, cooked and diced

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425° F.
  • Scrub the potatoes clean and dry them off. Pierce holes in the potatoes with a fork, then rub them with olive oil and generously sprinkle with kosher salt. Place them on the baking sheet and put them on the middle rack of the oven. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until they're fork-tender.
  • While the potatoes are baking, add all of the ingredients for the cottage cheese topping to a bowl and stir them together.
  • When the potatoes are done baking, split them open lengthwise with a knife, fluff the insides and spoon the cottage cheese mixture on top of each one. I put approximately 1/2 cup on top of each potato.

Notes

  • The bacon can be mixed in with the cottage cheese, or keep it separate so that it stays crispy.

Nutrition

Calories: 359kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 851mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Calcium: 217mg