Broccoli Baked Potatoes

Try out this delicious dish, which provides a great way to incorporate more vegetables into your diet — perfect for a main meal, a side dish or a healthy lunch. 

Ingredients

  • 6 medium Idaho potatoes
  • 3 stalks broccoli
  • 1/4 cup skim milk
  • 1 cup shredded light cheddar cheese
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Directions
Scrub potatoes. Make shallow slits around the middle as if you were cutting the potatoes in half lengthwise. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 60 minutes until done, depending on size. Peel broccoli stems. Steam whole stalks just until tender and chop finely. Carefully slice the potatoes in half and scoop the insides into a bowl with the broccoli. Add milk, 3/4 cup cheese and pepper. Mash together until the mixture is pale green with dark green flecks. Heap into the potato jackets and sprinkle with remaining cheese. Return to oven to heat through (about 15 minutes).

Nutritional Information
Serving size: 1/6 of recipe. 210 calories, 2 grams fat, 1 gram saturated fat, 140 milligrams sodium, 5 milligrams cholesterol, 39 grams carbohydrate, 5 grams fiber, 10 grams protein.

Diabetic Exchange
Fruit: 0; vegetables: 2; meat: 1; milk: 0; fat: 0; carbohydrate: 0; other: 0.

Diabetic exchanges are calculated based on the American Diabetes Association Exchange. Exchanges are rounded up or down equal to whole numbers.

Recipe courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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