Potatoesare a super versatile vegetable.
There are many ways to cook them, as well as many differentrecipesyou can add them to.
Not every way you eat them is a healthy way.
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“The healthiest way to eat a potato is baking it with the skin on,” says Upton.
“Baked potatoes add no additional calories like frying or roasting with oil.”
Leaving the skins on the potato brings extra nutrients to the food.
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That means that half of the total fiber from a medium potato comes from the skin!
“Potatoes are one of my favorite veggies,” says Upton.
Even baked with the skin on can have its downfalls.
You mostly have to be careful about what you top it with.
