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Many people believed in the wrong myth that potatoes are fattening and full of bad cholesterol.
Well, those myths are wrong because only those who does consume potatoes 365 days in a year, would have high cholesterol and obesity plus overweight problems due to sedentary lifestyle.
Potatoes are extremely high in fibre and vitamin C, particularly baked potatoes because the skin itself is high in potassium.
Hence, I decided to bake some potatoes for lunch instead of the regular, boring fried rice, everyone is sick and tired of it!
Freshly baked potatoes by peachpurple
Garlic Herb Baked Potato Recipe
Preparation time: 10 min
Baking time: 30 min
Yield: 4 persons
Ingredients
sprinkled herbs, garlic powder and chopped roasted garlic on top-by peachpurple
Step by step Instructions:
Preheat oven to 220C. Lightly grease baking sheet on cookie tray.
Wash and scrub all potatoes until clean.
Do not peel the skin off.
Leave the skin intact for potassium nutrition.
Bring a soup pot to boil.
Add in 1 tsp of salt. Toss in all cleaned potatoes to boil.
Boil for 10 min under medium fire.
Use a fork to poke into potatoes.
If the fork easily pokes into them, feel soft, the potatoes are cooked.
Drain the potatoes. Set aside.
USe a sharp kitchen knife to slice each potato with a few slits from top to the middle.
Do not cut all the way through.
The slits in the potatoes are purposely done.
Slip in each butter slices into each slit.
This is done to enhance the buttery taste by allowing the potatoes to absorb them.
Spread the remainder butter all over the skin.
Place all the 4 potatoes onto the baking sheet.
Leave a little space apart.
Sprinkle both herbs, garlic powder , salt and pepper all over the potatoes.
Heat up a frying pan with olive oil.
Chop 3 cloves of garlic, pan fry until brown and crispy.
Scatter chopped garlic on top each potato.
Bake potatoes for 30 minutes.
Remember to flip over the potato in every 10 minutes in order to make sure the other of the uncooked potato are well cooked.
Serve hot Garlic Herb Baked Potatoes with par-boiled vegetables and fresh salads.
This is a wonderful and healthy lunch for all.
Tips:
You can replace the following ingredients:
All spice powder = dried thyme
Dried oregano = dried rosemary or freshly chopped oregano
Garlic powder = mashed up garlic
How to choose good potatoes
There are different types of potatoes sold in the market.
The common potatoes are:
Holland potatoes
USA potatoes
Baby potatoes
Red potatoes
Organic potatoes
In order to choose the right potatoes;
Potato Benefits
Potatoes belonged to one of the root vegetables that are easily bought in wet market and supermarket.
They are the staple food in UK, USA and Northern Europe but in Asian countries, potato are highly consumed in fast food restaurants ( French Fries and mashed potatoes ).
Potatoes are not fattening food.
On contrary, they are beneficial to our body.
Nutritional Value
Potatoes are nutritional, containing:
Potato healthy eating tips:
Getting not enough of potatoes?
How about potato quiz!
Test yourself with these potato question to find out how much you know about them!
Some of them are easy questions for kids
Where do potato grow?
Potato is a
Henry Spalding first planted potatoes in
Each year the average American eats how many pounds of potatoes
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What I love about potatoes as part of my diet is that it has a property that loss weight.
Dieters who included potatoes in their meal plans all lost weight - as long as they reduced their overall calorie intake, researchers found.
The scientists concluded there is no evidence that potatoes lead to weight gain if they are prepared in a healthy manner.