the BEST loaded baked potatoes

long time no post! we’ve been super busy with the holidays and family and all of that…did everyone have as great of a holiday as we did?! i wanted to post all the pictures from christmas but i feel like we’ve all moved on from it by now so it might just be overkill. but let me say that it was filled with wonderful family and even better food!

so josh and i have been sitting on this recipe for baked potatoes for a while now, and i thought now would be a great time to release it! we’ve been making these probably a good 3 times a week because they’re SO good. seriously! we’ve incorporated the usual sour cream, bacon bits, and green onions that everyone loves either on potato skins or on their baked potatoes, and mixed it all into this delicious mushroom and onion gravy. once you pour the gravy mixture into the baked potato you basically get the best dinner of all time! 

you can have this along side anything you want…in this photo we made some yummy vegan chicken nuggets, and other times we’ve had broccoli with chickpea cutlets from veganomicon (which are SO good by the way!)

so here’s the recipe!

Loaded Baked Potatoes

Serves 2

2 baking potatoes

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

2 tablespoons margarine

1/3 cup onions, chopped

1 cup mushrooms, chopped

2 tablespoons bacon bits (make sure they’re vegan!)

3-4 tablespoons flour

2 cups vegetable broth

1/2 cup vegan sour cream

3 tablespoons green onions, chopped

salt and pepper to taste

bake potatoes in microwave until done. while they’re cooking, heat oil and margarine in a large pan. add onions and cook until softened. add bacon bits and mushrooms and cook until the mushrooms are softened. add the flour and stir until well combined and a paste has formed. slowly stream in the vegetable broth, stirring constantly to combine. add the sour cream and green onions. heat and stir over medium/medium high heat until the mixture thickens to a gravy consistency (adding more flour if not thick enough) add salt and pepper to taste.
take the baked potatoes and slice them down the middle. use your hands to squeeze the two ends of the potato to split open the middle, creating a little cavity. pour a generous amount of the gravy into the cavity and top with green onions and bacon bits. enjoy!

 

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