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LauraJeanneCheesey Potato BoatsIngredients (use vegan versions): 4 large baking potatoes
1/2 small butternut squash
1/2 cup soy margarine
sea salt
pepper
Directions:My non-vegetarian boyfriend thought that I had flipped my lid when I made him these! They really taste like they have cheese in them!! And the color of the squash makes it look like it, too!
Place baked potatoes in preheated 450* oven. Do not wrap in foil, you want the skin to be tough. Bake for one hour.
While potatoes are cooking, steam or boil the butternut squash until tender (steamed is better). Drain the squash.
Remove the spuds from the oven and cut in half. Scoop the guts out and put into a big bowl. Make sure that you leave about a 1/4 of potato attached to the skin. Add the cooked squash and margarine and a little sea salt, if you like. Mash it all together until you get the consistency of lumpy mashed potatoes.
Place skin halves on baking sheet and scoop mixture back inside each skin. Place bake in oven for 10 minutes. For crispy tops, coat top with melted soy margarine and place under broiler for 3-5 minutes. Good eating!!!!!
Serves: 4-8
Preparation time: 1 hr 15 min (includes baking time)
This recipe is so good! I absolutely love these! Even my meat eating friends were impressed. I added some veggie bacon bits to the potato/squash mixture and I also sprinkled some on top before baking them the second time! YUM :-)
Archived comment by: amy
Wow that sounds delicious and easy, I'm gonna give these a try! Thanks for the great idea!
Archived comment by: bstutzma
These were absolutely wonderful! I could've eaten them all myself! I did use regular butter for meat-lovin family because I can't waste my soy butter on people that don't care. I used earth balance margarine for mine though. THey were gobbled up in no time! ANd they were SOOOO easy! Thanks! This is a keeper!
Archived comment by: faith_in_Him
These were AWESOME, by far the biggest hit of the various vegan foods I made among the non-vegans. We used half the amount of margarine called for, and added a dash of nutmeg - really brings out the sweet sort of flavor in the squash...though stick with the margarine and not nutmeg if you're going for the faux-cheese taste. Great recipe, my omnivore mom copied it down!
Archived comment by: greennick
I'm a vegan and my husband is an omni. It isn't often that we both like the same thing so much, but these were great! Neither of us thought that they tasted cheesey, but they were so good that it didn't even matter. Thanks!
Archived comment by: erin_Sword2Sky
mmm! im a meat & potatos kind of girl, so these sound delicious! bummer that ive got to cut out the meat. but either way, good post!!!
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Archived comment by: audrey004
Yeah! This recipe ROCKED the house. The meat eaters I fed this to were impressed! I also added baked potato toppings and scallions before putting in oven the second time. But thank you for this awesome addition to my recipe rotation!
Archived comment by: amberr
These really were excellent. They do actually have a light cheesey flavor to them. And I like the bacon bit idea. I bet that would be really good. I'll try it next time. Also, to shorten cooking time, you can microwave the potatoes for about 15 minutes (cover them with plastic wrap). Then put them in the oven, uncovered (and no foil) for another 15 minutes. They get pretty crispy, though the skins aren't quite as thick.
Archived comment by: litlrooh
All my carnivore friends dug these boats. Chives may work really well w/these too.
Archived comment by: kparsons
These are soooo good! I only used two potatoes, along with a 10 oz. bag of frozen butternut squash, & a little less than half of the margarine. It was perfect! Great with a little vegan parmesan sprinkled on top. I can't wait to make them again.
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