Cheesy Bacon And Leek Potatoes I Made It Ii

Cheesy Bacon and Leek Potatoes

Cosmicmother 5 years ago
~Made for November 2018's Root Vegetable Recipe Challenge~

Cheesy Bacon And Leek Mashed Potatoes by Maddynlilysmommy

It's my son's birthday today and I always ask him what he wants for his birthday dinner. He requested twice baked potatoes (with our chicken dinner), his favorite, but all I had was red potatoes. So I did an ingredient search with red potatoes and found this. It was perfect since I had one lonely leek in my crisper.

My son loved it and said it was delicious! It has most of the ingredients I put in twice baked potatoes, like bacon and cheese. And of course you can't go wrong with leeks! The mash was quite dry, so I added a little more butter. It was still dry after baking, so next time I'll add some milk. It was still delicious though!
I topped it with mozzarella and provolone cheese, and stirred in the bacon rather than topping it with bacon. I also kept the skins on the potatoes, the recipe didn't say to peel or not but I like the skins on red potatoes! :)
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DIZ3 5 years ago said:

Awesome photo, Cosmicmother! Happy Birthday (belated) to your son. I'm glad he liked the potatoes. They look very good! Close to twice baked potatoes, but less time consuming not having to stuff the shells. I'm all about easy!

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mommyluvs2cook 5 years ago said:

Oh man those look good! My husband would LOVE these, he's a huge fan of twice baked potatoes. Yummy picture!!!

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mommyluvs2cook 5 years ago said:

Lol, well I guess they aren't twice baked, I just assumed by what you said they were! Just read the directions lol :) :P

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LindaLMT 5 years ago said:

Nice photo Shona! Looks like pure comfort. Happy b-lated birthday to your son!

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Cosmicmother 5 years ago said:

Thanks everyone :)

Michelle, they are twice cooked--once baked! Lol ;) Still tastes like twice baked potatoes though! I usually use russets or the large baking potatoes for twice-baked. The red potatoes were too small for baking and stuffing so this worked out perfect! :)

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mommyluvs2cook 5 years ago said:

True, they are twice cooked lol!!

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