Baked Potato Bar

True confession:

I’m one of those people who rarely goes back to the same recipe, even when it’s really tasty. I just like to try different recipes ALL THE TIME. Even my husband made the comment the other night, “Why can’t we just eat the same thing a few times?” I guess that would be easy, but I also rarely write down the good recipes. And the ones that I do go back to make … I kind of think that I know the recipe enough already to not follow the directions – and the result is usually lacking something. (I’m working on it!) I also started a small notebook that stays at the dinner table next to where I sit. Any time my family likes a recipe, I write it down … and one day I’ll remember that I can go back to that notebook and FOLLOW the directions EXACTLY and make my family sigh in relief that I didn’t just wing it again!

The same goes for something as simple as baking a potato. Some things just don’t come with directions. I don’t think I’ve ever followed a recipe for baking a potato (until now). I always washed, poked and put them in the oven. Then continued to check them basically every five minutes until I thought they were done. I decided enough was enough! I marched over to our resident chief here at HQ and asked what the secret was. She gave me this recipe. (I just added all the yummy stuff to go on top – who doesn’t love a loaded baked potato?)

Enjoy!
– Rebecca