Serves:

4

Description:

Ideal to accompany a barbeque or as a light meal or snack.

Ingredients:

• 8 medium sized potatoes, scrubbed
• 1 tbsp oil
• Salt 1 avocado, peeled and diced
• Juice of 1 lemon or lime
• 3 spring onions, sliced
• 3 tbsp chopped parsley or coriander
• Coarsely ground black pepper

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Brush potatoes with a little of the olive oil and rub with salt. Wrap in foil and arrange on baking tray. Bake until tender, 45 – 50 minutes.
2. Combine avocado, lemon or lime juice, spring onions, parsley (or coriander) and pepper.
3. Split each potato in half and top with the avocado mixture.

Tips: 

• Desiree, Russet Burbank and Spunta potatoes are especially good varieties for baking.
• To save time, pierce each potato with a skewer several times.
• Cook on high in a microwave oven 10 minutes then bake in conventional oven 20 minutes.
• Serve with grated tasty cheese and thick yoghurt or sour cream on the side.

Recipe by: Vikki Leng

Website: vikkileng.com.au