Microwave jacket potatoes with various toppings
Jacket potatoes are a healthy and cheap meal and can be livened up with lots of different toppings. This recipe gives a choice of three toppings. Cooking them in the microwave speeds up the process considerably, but loses the crunchy jacket. By following the method below, the skin is kept dry which improves the texture when cooked.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 14 of 17 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Salmon | 100g cooked | 208 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Cheddar Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 113 |
| Cream Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 99 |
| Apple | 1 medium (182g) | 95 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Pea | 1/2 cup (72g) | 62 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bacon | 1 slice cooked (8g) | 43 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Mushroom | 1/2 cup sliced (35g) | 15 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Sweetcorn | not in our table | 0 |
| Salad | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 medium baking potato
- ½ leek
- (optional) black pepper
- 15g/½oz reduced-fat cheddar
- 15g/½oz cooked bacon
- 1 eating apple
- 1 x 80g/2¾oz can tuna (in spring water)
- ½ x 198g/7oz can sweetcorn
- 1 tbsp reduced-fat mayonnaise
- (optional) black pepper
- 50g/1¾oz frozen peas
- 1 x 80g/2¾oz can skinless and boneless salmon
- 1 tbsp salad cream
- 5 button mushrooms
- (optional) black pepper
- 140g/5oz reduced-fat cream cheese
- 1 tsp tomato purée
- 1 tsp lemon juice