Potatoes????

Is eating potatoes that bad for you? I was once told that they are not something you should eat and can cause you to gain fast. I cook it in the microwave, add some low fat butter and fat free cottage cheese.......Maybe once a week? Sometimes twice if there is a bag of them in the house. They taste so good, is this a bad food to try to lose weight with, along with other foods, of course!

I think potatoes are great. In moderation of course, just like everything else. I believe they have a bad rep cause they are mostly starchy and don't give much "vitamin bang" for your "caloric buck" (Did that sound as lame as I think it did... yeah. thought so, but couldn't resist saying it) But really, as long as its within your alloted calories and you're getting lots of vitamins elsewhere, I say go for it!

Potatoes get a bad rep.  They are loaded with nutrients, it what we put on them that is bad ~ butter, sour cream, frying them in oil and adding salt. 
Yummy, I forgot what were we talking about?

I use a butter seasoning called Molly McButter (ahahaha) it's 5 calories per tsp I think. A little high in sodium but a lot better that loading on tons of butter. Plus you usually don't need salt when you use it.

Have you tried or do you like sweet potatoes?  Because, holy crap those have a TON of awesome vitamins and all sorts of awesome thing in them..and personally, I think they taste AMAZING. (and all I add to them is salt...decently low calorie too!)

Otherwise, I agree w/ what everyone else said.  potatoes are simply starchy and the white ones typically don't do much good for ya

I have a receipe with potatoes that is really good and really filling.  Not sure how much it comes out to in calories.... but here goes

Potaote Tuna Bakes

6 large baking potatoes (baked until tender all thru)
2 cans tuna in water (drained)
1 can mushroom soup
1/4 cup milk
1 tbsp butter
1 TBSP minced garlic
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
3 slices cheese of your choice (sliced in half in triangles)

After allowing potatoes to cool for 30 minutes, cut top off by 1/4 inch, scoop out meat of potatoe leaving shell intact.  In Large bowl mix Potatoe, tuna, soup, milk, butter, garlic, salt, and pepper.  Stir well and fill shells of potatoe skin with mixture.  Put into 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.  Remove from oven, place triangle of cheese on top and return to oven for 5 minutes.  Serve hot.  There will be extra mixture left, it freezes well.  Can be reheated and served as a cassarole....

I hope that this helps with potatoes.  I would give you the calorie information but I am not sure how to figure it out.

Karman Kaye

oh god, potatoes are wonderful, and the best way to have them is on their own. i don't even put salt on my baked potatoes...i think they're wonderful as is. and they can't be that bad for you. maybe not something to eat every day, but definitely something to spruce up an otherwise boring dinner or something.

I love baked potatoes and eat mine with lowfat cottage cheese. Seeiing the tuna bake recipe reminded me of potent potatoes. They are twice-baked too. Saute chopped onion, garlic and ginger in a bit of olive oil. Mix in some cottage cheese and chopped pineapple. Scoop back into the shells and bake till brown on top. You can throw some grated cheese on them too but I don't think it adds much.

I watch Ellie Krieger on the Foodnetwork, who is a dietician and she promotes eating potatoes. She says they have as much potassium as a banana per serving. They also have a lot of vitamin C, and some varieties are high in vitamin B. Six-ounce potato contains 3 grams of highly digestible protein, not to mention they have a lot of fiber, especially in their skin. The point is to eat only 6 to 8 ounces, depending on your dietary need. Eating a whole bunch of potatoes really packs a calorie whollop, but the serving size actually isn't terrible for you.

i couldn't live with out potatos they are sooo good,

Tuna, sweetcorn and cheese mmm

or Chilli with some sour cream

Beans and Cheese.

I could eat them all day everyday.

supposedly potatoes help you sleep better....read that somewhere.  my useless information input for the day.

If I have a baked potato for dinner I cook some Quorn Mince with Worchestshire sauce, diced onion, chopped mushroom, some spices and a tiny bit gravy granules and some water and have that on top it's kinda like Cottage Pie just not layered.

Red potatoes are great too and I think they are less starchy than idaho ones.

we usually have the yellow skins here for the bbq. I don't know how healthy they r or anything, but they are small enough to not feel bad if I eat one of the smaller ones. I don't add anything on it and don't always eat all the skin. lol. Probably all the healthy stuff is in the skin, but too lazy to eat the skin left overs after scooping the meat out of it. actually yes, in most fruits and vegies, the skin contains the good nutrients.

Damn, talking about potatoes is making me crave for a bbq potato and salmon for dinner.  

By the way, food usually does taste better on its own. Adding butter or salt is just ruining your taste buds. Once u go off from salt, you'll start tasting the goodness in all the flavors of the foods u missed. 

Karmankaye, that receipe sounded tasty, so I plugged it into the recipie calculator with a couple modifications based on the restrictions of the tool:

6 large baking potatoes [11674]
2 cans tuna in water
305g (1 can) cream mushroom soup [6043]
1/4 cup milk
1 tbsp Butter
1 TBSP minced garlic
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
3oz cheddar cheese [1009]
with 6 servings

The stats I got were the following:

Calories 485, 115 from fat
Total Fat 12.8, 5.6 saturated fat
Cholesterol 45mg
Sodium 905mg
Total Carbs 68.2g, 6.8 Dietary Fiber, 4.6 sugar
Protein 25.8g
Vitamin A 6%, Vitamin C 49%, Calcium 18% and Iron 23%

Of course this doesn't take into account the reduction in serving size because of the left-over filling, but it's a starting point. Rerunning it with a few common substitutions of things I usually use instead it was about 40 cals less and about 500mg of sodium instead (in part I left out the tbsp of salt, the canned soups have enough for my taste), about half as much cholesterol and only a minimal amount of reduction in vitamins.  CC gave the original entry I made a nutrition grade of B+ and the modified one an A.

Either way it sounds to me like a tasty and filling meal with a bit of fresh green type veg on the side, so I'll be sure to try it out, thanks for sharing!

Potatoes are good for you. They are one of the few carbs you are allowed to eat on alot of diets b/c they are a simple carb.

I eat a red potatoe, grilled chicken, corn and peas for lunch. I just mash it all up together so I dont have to add any salt or butter to it.

Chilli also works as a healthy alternative to butter and cheese.

Funny that I read this today-- I planned on baking a potato tonight for dinner.  I love to top my potato with salsa and a little bit of light sour cream.

When I mash them, I use a small amount of butter-- I use the Land O Lakes spreadable butter because it has canola oil in it which is a good oil.  I rarely use butter, so it's a treat.  I also use fat free half and half (a little high in sugar, but you have to make a trade off at some point), but you can use milk.  When I boil my potatoes, I add garlic so it adds a nice flavor.  Try mashing them with light sour cream (don't care for fat free) and chives-- Delish!  Some people use fat free broth in place of butter and milk.

As for sweet potatoes-- I can eat those any which way!  My favorite is baked.  I sometimes mix light sour cream with chipotle tabasco sauce.  It adds a little tang to the sweetness of the potato!

As everyone has been saying, potatoes aren't a no-no.  Like with everything, just eat them in moderation.

Don't forget the spray butter!