jacket potato

Make the perfect jacket potato – crispy on the outside and meltingly soft in the middle

Classic jacket potatoes

olive oil

potatoes

soured cream

cheddar,grated

crispy baconrashers, chopped

spring onions,thinly sliced

Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Rub the olive oil over the potatoes and put on the top shelf of the oven. Bake for 20 mins.

Turn down the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 and bake for 45 mins-1 hr until the skin is crisp and the flesh soft.

Cut a cross on top of each potato, squeeze the sides, add the soured cream and your favourite toppings.

Let us show you how to make a baked sweet potato that's soft and sweet. In this recipe it is balanced with spicy black beans and fresh, crunchy slaw. It's a great healthy meal for one.

Baked sweet potato

sweet potato (about 350 grams/12 ounces), washed and dried

garlic clove, finely chopped

cumin seeds

chilli flakes,

tin black beans,

milliliters/3½fl oz vegetable stock,

salt and black pepper

red cabbage, thinly sliced

radishes,

½ red onion, thinly sliced

coriander,

½ lime, juice only

Get some protein into a vegan diet with this tasty chickpea curry jacket. It's an easy midweek meal, or filling lunch that packs a lot of flavour.

Vegan chickpea curry jacket potatoes

coconut oil

½ tsp cumin seeds

onion,

garlic cloves, crushed

ginger,

green chilli, finely chopped

tsp garam masala

tsp coriander

turmeric

tbsp tikka masala paste

x 400 grams can chopped tomatoes

x 400 grams can chickpeas, drained

lemon wedges and coriander leaves,

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Prick the sweet potatoes all over with a fork, then put on a baking tray and roast in the oven for 45 mins or until tender when pierced with a knife.

Meanwhile, melt the coconut oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the cumin seeds and fry for 1 min until fragrant, then add the onion and fry for 7-10 mins until softened.

Put the garlic, ginger and green chilli into the pan, and cook for 2-3 mins. Add the spices and tikka masala paste and cook for a further 2 mins until fragrant, then tip in the tomatoes. Bring to a simmer, then tip in the chickpeas and cook for a further 20 mins until thickened. Season.

Put the roasted sweet potatoes on four plates and cut open lengthways. Spoon over the chickpea curry and squeeze over the lemon wedges. Season, then scatter with coriander before serving.

Jacket potatoes and chilli are great comfort food when the nights draw in. Make ours in the week when you're short on time for a nutritious family dinner

Baked chilli & jacket potatoes

jacket potatoes

sunflower oil

red onions

garlic

sachet (30-39 grams), chilli con carne seasoning mix

beef mince

smoked bacon lardons

tomato purée

can chopped tomatoes

can black beans

soured cream cheese

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Prick the potatoes all over with a fork, then put on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 1 hr.

While the potatoes are baking, heat the oil in a large frying pan. Add the onion and fry over a high heat for 5 mins until softened. Add the garlic and chilli sachet. Stir a few times to coat the onions in the spices, then tip the onion mixture into a large ovenproof dish.

Put the pan back over high heat and add the beef mince, breaking it up with a spatula as you go. Cook until starting to become crisp at the edges, then add to the dish with the onions. Return the pan to heat and cook the bacon until crisp at the edges. Add the bacon to the beef and stir to combine.

Stir in the tomato purée and tomatoes, then put the dish in the oven with the potatoes and bake for 25-30 mins until bubbling and starting to thicken. Stir in the beans and season well. Return to the oven for 5 mins to warm through.

Cut a cross in the top of each potato and squeeze the sides to open. Spoon in the baked chilli and top with soured cream, cheese and coriander if you like.

Crisp-skinned, fluffy jacket potatoes are a budget-friendly way to feed a crowd. Serve our easy baked potatoes with soured cream, cheese or baked beans

Baked potatoes

vegetable oil

Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Rub a little oil over each potato and put on the top shelf of the oven. Bake for 20 mins, then turn down the oven to 190C/170C fan/ gas 5 and bake for 45 mins-1 hr more until the skin is crisp and the inside soft. Make a cross in the centre of each potato, dollop over the soured cream and serve.

Baked sweet potato makes a nice change and is a really easy, healthy dinner to throw together. To serve two,  just double up the ingredients with some bonus leftover topping for lunch. 

Baked sweet potato with roasted vegetables and bulgur wheat

½ fennel bulb, thinly sliced

½ red pepper,

½ red onion,

cherry tomatoes

bulgur wheat

dill,

tbsp natural yoghurt, to serve

Filling your plate with vegetables is a nutritious way to feel full without piling on the calories. Here they are drizzled with an easy dressing of tahini and Greek-style yoghurt. If you're not on a diet, try a drizzle of pomegranate molasses in place of the lemon juice. This is a slightly over 500 calories, so could be paired with lower calorie breakfast and dinner so your daily calories don't exceed 1200–1500.

Each serving provides 545 kcal, 22g protein, 62.5g carbohydrates (of which 7.5g sugars), 19g fat (of which 3.5g saturates), 16.5g fibre and 0.2g salt. 

Baked potatoes with Middle Eastern beans and greens

garlic cloves, thinly sliced

chard,

tin cannellini beans, drained

cumin seeds cumin

½ lemon, juice only,

grams/3½oz Greek yoghurt

tahini

½ garlic clove, crushed

Tuna Stuffed Baked Potatoes, twice baked or double baked as they are sometimes known, are such a budget friendly and versatile meal.

Tuna Stuffed Baked Potatoes

Potatoes (russet)

Cream cheese

g Mature cheddar (grated; for the filling)

g Mature cheddar (grated; for the topping)

Sun-dried tomatoes (chopped)

110 g Tuna (canned; drained)

tbsp Sweetcorn

salt black pepper

Preheat your oven to 180°C/160°C(fan)/350°F/Gas 4.

Pierce the skins of 2 Potatoes several times. Put the potatoes into the oven and baked for 60-90 minutes, until they are easily pierced with a fork. Slice the potatoes in half and scoop out the insides and put it into a bowl.

Add 4 tbsp Cream cheese, 25 g Mature cheddar, 6 Sun-dried tomatoes, 110 g Tuna, 4 tbsp Sweetcorn and 1 pinch Sea salt and ground black pepper to the bowl with the potatoes and mix well.

Divide the mixture between the potato skins and top with 25 g Mature cheddar.

Put them back in the oven for 15 minutes until the cheese has melted.

These are so delicious and I love that you can swap the fillings around too.

One of my favourite lunches for sure! Super delicious and so budget friendly too!

These were delicious and SO EASY! I'm so glad I found them this morning because it was just the perfect lunch.

This has all my daughter's favorite ingredients. This has the making of a meal-plan regular at my house!

I love loaded baked potatoes but I have never tried them with tuna filling. This recipe looks so simple but so delicious. Bookmarking!

We just made these tonight! We gobbled them up so quick. Thank you for the easy recipe!

Wow this baked potato was so delicious! Never thought to stuff it with tuna :)

Looks so good! Can't wait to try this recipe.

I have everything I need for this dish, can’t wait to make it this weekend!

I know what I'm doing with the next can of tuna I open! Delicious recipe!

I've been craving baked potatoes lately, definitely gonna try this one soon!

I’ve been in such a cooking rut lately, so I’ve been exploring new recipes to make! I happened upon your recipe and I am so glad I did. I made it today and my entire family loved it! Its doing into our menu plan rotation!!

What a tasty way to stuff a baked potato! I want to dig right in. :)

That is a delicious way to enjoy baked potato and tuna. Looks so inviting. Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe.

I love how versatile baked potatoes can be.  You really can use what you have handy to get dinner on the table.

Looks great! Will have to try it this Friday night!

Stuffed potatoes are my favourite!! I have never tried it with tuna, and I am glad I found your recipe. SO GOOD!!

What a unique recipe! We've had a couple of cans of tuna in the pantry for like a year because we got tired of the same old tuna sandwiches - can't wait to try this recipe now!!

This is so good! Everyone at my house was impressed! Thanks for the recipe!

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