Baked Potato Skins With Creamy Spinach and Turkey Bacon

Creamy spinach and salty bacon makes these potatoes a hit. Make a double batch for your next party.


INGREDIENTS:
3 small uncooked potatoes, baked, sliced in half and cooled
1 spray cooking spray
20 oz chopped frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
4 oz low fat cream cheese, at room temperature
1/4 tsp table salt
1/4 black pepper
3 slices cooked crisp turkey bacon, crumbled
INSTRUCTIONS:
*  Preheat oven to 400 deg F.  Scoop out flesh of potatoes, leaving about 1/4 of the potato flesh in potato.  (Reserve flesh for another use later, such as mashed potatoes).
*  Place potato halves on a baking sheet and coat with cooking spray.  Bake until lightly browned, about 15 minutes.  While your skins bake, mix together the spinach, cream cheese, salt & pepper in a medium sized bowl until well combined.
*  Remove the skins from the oven and spoon 3 tablespoons of filling into each potato half; return to the oven and bake until they are warmed through, will take approximately 5 - 7 minutes.
Crumble the well cooked bacon and sprinkle about 1 TBSP of bacon bits onto the top of each potato and serve while hot.  Yields 1 potato half per serving.


I usually squeeze spinach out by pressing it hard while in a bowl strainer or sieve, some people place it in a clean kitchen towel and squeeze the liquid out over the sink as though you were wringing out a wet towel.


This is a Weight Watchers Recipe.


Prep time 10 minutes
Cook time 20 minutes
Serves 6
PointsPlus Values 4 per serving.


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