Twice-Baked Shrimp Stuffed Potatoes

These are perfect side dish to crab legs.

Ingredients

• 6 large Idaho potatoes
• Vegetable oil, for coating
• 1 stick (1/2 cup)herb butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup sour cream or plain greek yogurt
• Salt and ground black pepper
• 1 pound roasted shrimp, peeled 
• 8 ounces grated Cheddar, plus more for sprinkling
• Paprika, for sprinkling

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cover a baking sheet or pan with aluminum foil.

Begin by washing the potatoes, drying them and gently pricking them with a fork on the sides. Coat each potato with vegetable oil, place on the prepared baking sheet and bake for about 1 hour. You can add the shrimp to the oven for the last 8 minutes to roast them.

Remove the potatoes from the oven and slice the top third off of each potato. Gently scoop out the inside of the potato into a large bowl. Mash the potatoes with the butter to your desired consistency, and then add the sour cream and salt and pepper to taste.

Chop the shrimp into large pieces. Fold in the shrimp and cheese into the mixture. Gently stuff the mixture back into the potato shells, making sure not to break them. Pile the mixture as high as you can on top of the potato shells. Sprinkle each potato with more cheese and some paprika for color. Bake in the oven until browned on top, 20 to 25 minutes.

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Random Life Tips

I have an innate ability to recall every random health, beauty, cooking, shopping, life tip I hear. I thought I would share some.

• No goo gone, use peanut butter
• Dish tabs work great in the back of your toilet, they dissolve then clean when you flush
• The heated dry function on your dishwasher ruins everything don't use it
• Chia seeds are flavorless and an easy way to hydrate and add protein to every snack (I add them to chocolate coconut milk)
• Breville makes a $200 blender that is 95% as great as a $500 Vitamix
• Oster makes a $80 toaster oven that is better than the $250 Breville one
• Coffee filters in the bottom of planters keep the dirt from washing away
• Vinegar can clean and disinfect almost anything, if that doesn't work use peroxide
• Peroxide is the best mouthwash/teeth whitener I can find
• Vagasil anti chaffing cream has the same ingredients as most foundation primers only much cheaper (I actually haven't tried this, but iv'e heard great things)
• Garnier BB cream and Suave dry shampoo are dirt cheap and worth their weight in gold
• When travelling buying a treat for the gate agent gets you first class, treats for the flight crew get you free drinks.
• Shaving cream and listerine give a great pedicure
• A few drops of essential oil on your air filter make the whole house smell good
• Yelp in other countries is a godsend, locals rarely share the good places with tourists.
• You can usually print all of the same coupons from the paper online, they are also worth more if you use an expensive zip code like 90210.
• I don't understand why people buy microwave popcorn (I always burn it), Air poppers (flavorless), or special whirlypops. A 3-4 Qt stainless pan with a lid and some coconut oil will change your movie nights forever. You can also buy organic seeds in the bulk bins at whole foods for $1.50/lb.
• Homemade dog treats are ridiculously cheap and easy to make
• If you have a black thumb buy succulents they love to be ignored
• Tequila is one of my favorite ingredients to cook with, it adds a sweet acidity to Latin dishes

Don't worry I could go on all day adding to this list but most of you stopped reading it by the sixth line. No hard feelings. More to come.