Why i do a big roasted root veggie platter that pleases everyone. (yawn i post this so much)

All I've ever done for years is just scoop out the potato, mash it with some butter and a bit of barbecue sauce, then put it back in the shell, a little fresh pepper on top, and back into the oven to finish.

I like to mix in butter and sour cream. Cheddar cheese as optional topping. Usually some paprika on top.

Someone here recently mentioned having baked sweet potato fries with smoked paprika. I tried it last night and LOVED it! I'd be tempted to also try some twice-baked sweet potatoes with smoked paprika. :)

One of our favorites are smashed potatoes. I microwave the taters til soft-ish, then score them and smash them with a can/rolling pin or whatever seems handy, so the tater opens up. I then drizzle with garlic butter or just spray with OO spray to be fixed up later with cheese, chives or whatever people like. About 1/2 hour or so usually browns them nicely, but you can always put them under the broiler for a few minutes to get a nice brown!

Kids love them! Nancy

No recipe per se ......but we like sour cream, chopped green onions, butter , salt and pepper and a sprinkle of paprika on top.

If it is only cheddar that you are averse to, I have made mashed potatoes with chèvre, bacon, and green onions. I may have even thrown in a chunk of cream cheese and some butter. Sorry, but I don't have a recipe. I just kept adding things to the potatoes and tasting until I got a pleasing flavor.

Thank you all!

Just had to post something here since twice baked potatoes WITHOUT cheese just seems wrong! Personally wouldn't consider any kind of blue "mild"... but love it. What if you used cream cheese... kinda cheese and butter in one fell swoop? You said they're going with beef? Even though "everything's better" with it, would probaby not add bacon... though definitely would NOT be a fail.

For a change, I mix sour cream (light, it has more tang) and some horseradish. Mix into the potato. No cheese needed, but it's always a nice addition. :-)

Funny, my first thought was. .....cheese in twice baked potatoes?

I guess when I think about it, the cheese I don't like in potatoes is any yellow cheese like cheddar. I do, however, LOVE blue cheese, and so do we all. I like blue cheese on steaks, so having it with the potatoes that will accompany beef should go very well. I was thinking about bacon, but I think that is overkill. So we'll mix some blue cheese with sour cream or cream cheese. Thanks!

Blue cheese crumbled on top I get, cheddar mixed in not so much. Good call.

Sorry, I have a great recipe that all of us love and freezes well, BUT it does have cheddar cheese.If anyone wants just ask. Now, blue cheese, my husband would kill me if I tried to serve him that.

Not all cheddars are yellow, some are white. So there would be no issue with color if you used a white cheddar.

Trader Joes has a wonderful low fat white cheddar that is like 55% lower fat cheese! Yummy! Nancy

I just bake the potatoes, remove most of the potato but leave enough to support the skin "boats." I mash the potatoes with milk, butter, salt and pepper. To that I might add sour cream and shredded cheddar. Then I shovel the potatoes into the boats, top it with a pat of butter (and more cheese or not) and stick it into the oven to warm through. You can add anything that appeals to you for mashed potatoes. I like chives, but DH doesn't. Sometimes I do not add cheese and just top it with cheese. You could use chicken broth instead of milk. It all depends on what you like.