Best Baked Potato

BAKED POTATO
- 1 baking potato
- 1 tbsp. EVOO
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt, kosher salt, or coursly ground salt
- 1/2 c. cottage cheese
- 1/4 tsp. Ranch seasoning mix (you can use part of the packet, or they also sell it in a large spice container...0 calories for 1 serving of the dry mix)
- 1 slice turkey bacon
- 1 serving fresh broccoli

Preheat oven to 400.  With a fork, poke the crap out of your potato!  Next, coat entirely with EVOO.  You can use a brush or paper towel for this.  Now, sprinkle with salt. 
This part is important.  DO NOT USE FOIL!!  Cook potato directly on oven rack for 1 hr - 1.5 hrs.  Use your foil on the bottom rack to catch the drippings. We don't want a fire! 
Now...
Coat skillet with a little cooking spray (make sure its a healthy oil first!), and cook turkey bacon until crisp. 
Add seasoning to cottage cheese and stir.
Steam broccoli until very tender.

After potato is out, collect your oil drippings off the foil on the bottom rack and brush on potato.  We need our healthy fat! Slice along the length of potato and squeeze along the top and bottom to open.  The potato should be nice and tender.  Careful of steam!  Top with cottage cheese, bacon crumbles, and broccoli!  SO yummy.  Because you baked without foil, the skin is going to be perfect! 

Eat the whole potato for your full meal!

Carb = Potato
Protein = Cottage cheese, turkey bacon
Fat = EVOO
Veggie = Broccoli