Appetizers
by Jessica February 1, 2011
Apparently it’s How Sweet nacho week!
Not really.
This would be a delightful thing, if I wasn’t the one constantly shoveling said nachos in my mouth. I think I’ve learned my nacho lesson.
But first, I must share these with you. We love crispy roasted potatoes. Like… love them. When I roast a panful, we eat them all. Not a crumb remains. Naturally, when I topped them with every ingredient in my fridge, they tasted even better. Especially since I can classify these as healthy because they have beans (fiber), avocado (healthy fat), salsa (vegetables) and Greek yogurt (protein). I easily bypassed the three cups of cheese.
Yep, I can justify just about anything. Except for the four cookie bars I ate while browsing Facebook and writing this post. Fail.
So here it is, the easiest recipe ever. It is quite versatile! You can make them for the big game, or for lunch… which is what I did in our case. Just take some beautiful big potatoes…
Slice them into wedges.
Toss them with olive oil and a touch of salt and pepper.
Bake them until they look like pretty, crispy, toasty wedges of deliciousness. Yes, that’s what they are called. Don’t forget any adjectives.
Cover them with toppings of you choice.
Eat. Moan. Groan. Devour. Make more. Eat more. Get a stomachache. Drink wine.
Well, at least that’s how it went for me.
Baked Potato Nachos
serves 4-6
8 medium to large yukon gold potatoes
3 tablespoons olive oil
salt & pepper
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash potatoes, peel off any bad parts, and slice into wedges (however thick of thin you would like). Toss with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Lay on a non-stick baking sheet and bake for 45 minutes, flipping once. Remove potatoes and top with whatever toppings you would like. Stick back in the oven to melt cheese.
Toppings: black beans, refried beans, cheese, sour cream, greek yogurt, salsa, green chilis, avocado, enchilada sauce, jalepenos, chicken, shrimp, guacamole.
Now for some Super Bowl recipes, to quench your requests!
Snacks
Buffalo Chicken Dip
Spicy, Smokey Cashews
Kicked Up Spinach Dip
Fruit Salsa
Cookie Dough Dip
Cheese Fondue
BBQ Chicken Quesadillas
Crunchy Chicken Fingers
Savory Sweet Potato Skins
Soups
Chicken Chickpea Soup
Easy 5 Step Chili
Easy One Pot Tortilla Soup
Loaded Baked Potato Soup
Pizza
Easy Buffalo Chicken Pizza – Step by Step
Pierogi Pizza
Roasted Veggie and Goat Cheese Flatbread Pizza
Pasta
Chicken Mac and Cheese
Shrimp Scampi
Whole Wheat Orzo with Grilled Chicken and Roasted Veggies
Desserts
Better-Than-Crack Brownies
Bourbon Pecan Pie Brownies
Ice Cream Crepes
Hoho Cake
Chocolate Chip Cookies
White Chocolate Mocha Cookies
Please tell me what you are making for the big game. Because even though I just shared 25 recipes, I have issues and feel the need to make something new and exciting. What can I say? I get bored easily.
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Ashley — Reply
What a great idea. We just had baked potatoes for dinner (with leftover Superbowl chili) but we should have done this. Next time.
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Jenn — Reply
How do you bake things with olive oil on them at 450 all the time? It starts to smoke at 400 in my oven. You have great recipes and we are doing this one tonight but after the roasted tomato pasta smoke alarm fest we had last night I’m going to try baking them at 375.
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Jessica — Reply
Hi Jenn! I coat things in as little olive oil as possible. If there is excess, yes it starts to smoke a lot! I usually rub the potatoes, etc with my hands to get a very light coating on. The other thing you can do is trying spritzing or spraying with nonstick spray. It works really well and eliminates the smoke.
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Jenn —
Thanks :) I coated them really lightly but was too scared after the night before to turn the oven to 450 so i did cook them at 375 and it still worked really well. Perhaps too well as both the hubby and I were very full since it was so tasty! So maybe the smoke alarm going off would be a good way to burn the calories off by fanning it lol.
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SassyMarie — Reply
It is no where near Super Bowl weekend, but I finally got around to making something that evolved from these…
For my picky family – it is a definite repeat.
http://sassymarie.blogspot.com/2011/03/it-wasnt-quick-but-it-was-easy.html
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Bari — Reply
No bacon?! I’m appalled! But these sound delicious. I’ll have to try them. :)
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