Baked potatoes with savoury lentils and tomato

baked potato with lentils
  • 5 minutes preparation
  • 20 minutes cooking
  • easy difficulty
  • 4 serves

Ingredients

  • 8 medium potatoes, washed 
  • 1 x 425g can savoury brown lentils 
  • 1 x 380g bottle tomato pasta sauce 
  • 250g lite sour cream

Method

  1. Prick skin of potatoes in several places and place on kitchen paper around edge of microwave turntable. Cook potatoes uncovered, on high for about 12 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Or bake in hot oven, 200°C, for about 1 hour or until tender. 
  2. Combine lentils and pasta sauce in a saucepan and warm through. 
  3. Cut a cross in the top of cooked potato and gently push to open. Spoon topping into and over baked potato, top with a little lite sour cream.

Tips

  • Mature potatoes work best for baking and boiling.
  • Agria and Coliban Potatoes are great varieties for baking. 
  • Kipfler and Nicola varieties are great for boiling and for use in salads.

Nutritional Information

Per Serve

Kilojoules 1397 kJ

Calories 447 cal

Protein 11.8 g

Total fat 8.3 g

Carbohydrate 51.9 g

Sodium 444 mg

Potassium 1393 mg

Calcium 100 mg

Iron 3 mg

Fibre 7.3 g

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