Time for Something Different

Today's "recipe" (in quotes because it's not an actual recipe per se) comes from last night's dinner.  Chicken was on the menu, but what to make with it?  I'm kind of getting tired of the same old sides.  My family has been sweet and hasn't complained about seeing the same things over and over, but I wanted to change things up a bit and decided it was the perfect night to make something I wouldn't normally make for dinner.  I put potato skins on the menu and they were a hit!   When you make these, you begin with baked potatoes that are cut in half, then cut in half again.  

The insides are scooped out so the skins are ready for these goodies.

But before adding them, the potato skins are drizzled with butter then salted, peppered and sprinkled with Mrs. Dash.  Then the onions and bacon are added resulting in this.

The final addition is shredded cheddar and they are placed in the oven until the cheese becomes melted and bubbly, resulting in this.

One of the cool things about making these is that after mashing up the potato insides which you have scraped out of the skins, you have a side dish ready to be re-heated for dinner tomorrow night.  

I enjoy good food. I find it interesting how almost every time we have people over for dinner, we spend the entire time around the table, never venturing into the living room.  There's just something about the satisfaction of sitting around the table in fellowship that is so refreshing.  It reminds me of the ultimate refreshment.  "He has satisfied the thirsty soul, and the hungry soul He has filled with what is good."  Psalm 107:9  Now that is good food!