Jacket Spuds!

Doesn't everyone love a jacket potato? They are easy to cook and a great base for a cheap dinner - these will take about 30 minutes to make and this recipe will serve two people and cost around a £1 each.

Ingredients

2 baking potatoes - you need to make sure that the potatoes that you buy are ok to bake - they need to be fluffy so Kind Edwards are best.

Salt and pepper

A little vegetable oil

Knob of butter

Tin of baked beans with sausages

Grated cheese

How to cook

Pre-heat the oven to 220oC /425oF / Gas 7 and Fan 200oC.

Wash the potatoes and pat them dry and then stick a knife (carefully) in to the potatoes in about 4 or 5 different places - to pierce the skin.

Pop them both in the microwave for about 8 minutes.

Take them out of the microwave, rub some oil on them, grind some salt and black pepper over the pop and pop them into the oven on a baking tray.

Bake them for about 20 minutes, depending on the size of your potato, poke them with skewer to check that they are done.

By cooking them in the microwave first you cut down on the cooking time in the oven which makes them crispy on the outside and fluffy on the insides!

Warm the beans and sausages in a small pan.

Cut a cross into the top of each one and push them open then mash a small amount of butter into the potato, add the beans and sausages and top with some grated cheese.

Nice with a bit of salad!