Salty baked potatoes

Coach and I have been pretty much doing the Paleo Diet. Easiest way to explain it is it is a low carb diet where you eat no grains, mainly eat veggies, meats and limited fruit.  The best veggies are high density nutritional ones such as sweet potatoes over white potatoes. Problem is Coach would eat white potatoes for every meal and as snack in between, he loves potatoes. Keeping that in mind and knowing you also need to enjoy your food or you will not succeed on any diet, I have been serving potatoes once a week. . 

Tonight we are having steamed broccoli, baked chicken with salty baked potatoes. I learned the trick of Salty Baked potatoes many years ago, I do not remember who or where I learned it from so can not give  credit. To make them I wash the potatoes (I am using a sweet potato for me as I prefer them) and while wet I poke with a fork to keep them from blowing up  in the oven. While still wet I heavily sprinkle the skins with salt. Next i place a half a pat of butter on a piece of tin foil and place the potato on top of that and the remainder of the butter on top of the potato and wrap the foil around that. Place on oven rack with seam side up and bake for 40 minutes at 400 degrees. Check to see if they feel squishy. Once tender remove from oven and serve. The skins are wonderful to eat this way. You can use a seasoned salt and even pepper them as well.

The chicken I poured some soy sauce on top before sprinkling it with minced onions and some of my Nanna's Seasoning mix. Nice simple, tasty and easy. To steam the broccoli I will place in the top of my steaming pan  with water below and drizzle a bit of olive oil over the top and some Nanna's seasoning mix with some salt and pepper. This is wonderful this way.

The left over chicken bones with be placed into a freezer bag with other chicken bones till I have enough to make broth. I love to make a good chicken stock and can it for easier quick meals with high density nutrition. It is great for making soup, cooking veggies in, as a hot drink, for when some one is sick and  needs a light meal, add some scrambled eggs for a egg drop soup.... so many possibilities.