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Begin by preheating your oven to 400 degrees F. Poke the top of each potato with a fork and place on a baking sheet.
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Cook in the oven for 1 hour.
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Once cooked, remove from the baking sheet, and place on a plate to let cool for about 15 minutes.
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Once your potatoes are cooled, use a sharp bread knife and cut each potato lengthwise (long slices) into three segments.
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So each potato will yield two skins, right?
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Discard the middle slice and reuse for breakfast the following morning, or heck for that matter, add some butter, salt, and cream, and make some rustic mashed potatoes.
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Continue this cutting process with the rest of the potatoes.
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You should then have 10 skins.
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With a small spoon, being careful, scoop out about 70 percent of the potato, as you still want some potato in your boat.
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Next, melt butter in the microwave.
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Get your broiler heated to high.
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Brush the butter on the inside and outside of each potato skin and place them back onto the baking sheet.
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Season the inside of each skin with salt and pepper.
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Place them under the broiler for 8-10 minutes until the insides get a bit crispy from the melted butter.
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Remove them from the oven, and fill each one with a bit of red onion and garlic.
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Place back in the oven and cook another couple of minutes.
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Remove them once again, and fill them up with chopped broccoli and load them up with the cheese.
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Again, place them back in the oven and cook until the cheese is nice and melted.
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Remove them from the oven, sprinkle with a bit of salt, and plate them up.
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Now I got my broccoli fix.
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Healthy?
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Probably not the healthiest with the cheese and butter, but that thought is taken away when you bite into the potato skin loaded with broccoli.
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These are darn delicious and a perfect game time snack.
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I hope you enjoy.
