I’m leaning into making recipes that just sound scrumptious. Who can resist some delish twice-baked potatoes.

I’ll admit, I was skeptical about adding horseradish to a rich potato dish with butter, cheese, and sour cream (om nom nom), but it did balance out the final dish in the end.

DOUBLE BAKED POTATOES WITH HORSERADISH + CHEDDAR

From NOW AND AGAIN by Julia Turshen

Ingredients: Not too many, but again, this is all things I like. Since this is a side dish, you need to figure out your own protein.

Poke the potatoes and toss them into the oven. Literally. She wants them sitting on the grates inside the oven; no foil, no nothing. I put a pan at the bottom of the oven just in case, but I didn’t need it.

Chop the scallions and parsley while you wait and prepare for the potatoes to come out.

Once the potatoes come out of the oven, let them cool a little bit. Then cut them in half so that they lie flat on each side.

Prepare to scoop! I held the potato halves in an oven mitt so I could handle them while they were still hot. Insides go into the bowl with the greens.

Once you’ve scooped, add butter to the potatoes while they’re super hot and let it melt while mixing. Then add the sour cream, half the cheddar, horse radish, and salt.

Mix the insides all together to make a delicious flavored mashed potato. You can stop and eat this as is, but trust me when I say finishing the recipe is worth it.

Put the shells on a baking sheet and fill with the mashed potato mix.

Top with cheese and toss back in the oven.

Worth. It.

I was worried the horseradish would be too overwhelming, or that the parsley would cut through too much, and I gotta say I was wrong. The horseradish does a nice job cutting through the cheesy starch and lightening up the whole dish.

N: A+. Delicious. Highly recommend.

Final thoughts: Wish I could eat this as a meal by itself! But alas, I had to have protein. That said, I would make this again (even though it was kind of a pain). No wonder this sort of dish would be considered a luxury at a restaurant.