Skinny Loaded Mashed Potatoes with Bacon and Cheese
Love loaded mashed potatoes? You're going to flip over this Skinnyfied!® version! Creamy mashed potatoes are loaded with crispy bacon, cheddar cheese, chives, and ranch dressing for incredible flavor in every bite. They're rich, comforting, and absolutely delicious, but here's the best part: each ½-cup serving has just 84 calories and 3 grams of fat! Perfect for a cozy family dinner, holiday meal, or anytime you're craving comfort food without all the calories.
Helpful Tips About this Recipe
Makes 12 servings (each ½ cup)
Healthy Benefits
Potatoes are a good source of potassium and provide vitamin C, vitamin B6, and carbohydrates for energy. Shopping Tips
I love Applegate Naturals Sunday Bacon for this recipe. It's a flavorful option, and I like using it in my lighter recipes. Oscar Mayer Center Cut Bacon is another good choice. Look for bacon with fewer calories and less fat per slice. For the ranch dressing, I love using my homemade Best Skinny Ranch Dressing, but your favorite light ranch dressing works well, too. Make-Ahead and Storage Tips
This recipe can easily be doubled, tripled, or cut in half. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3–4 days. Reheat in the microwave until hot, stirring occasionally. WW Freestyle SmartPoints 3-Blue
WW SmartPoints 3-Green
Potatoes are a good source of potassium and provide vitamin C, vitamin B6, and carbohydrates for energy. Shopping Tips
I love Applegate Naturals Sunday Bacon for this recipe. It's a flavorful option, and I like using it in my lighter recipes. Oscar Mayer Center Cut Bacon is another good choice. Look for bacon with fewer calories and less fat per slice. For the ranch dressing, I love using my homemade Best Skinny Ranch Dressing, but your favorite light ranch dressing works well, too. Make-Ahead and Storage Tips
This recipe can easily be doubled, tripled, or cut in half. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3–4 days. Reheat in the microwave until hot, stirring occasionally. WW Freestyle SmartPoints 3-Blue
WW SmartPoints 3-Green
| SKINNY FACTS: for ½ cup serving 84 calories, 3g fat, 1g sat. fat, 4g protein, 11g carbs, 1g fiber, 220mg sodium, 1g sugar |
Skinny Loaded Mashed Potatoes with Bacon and Cheese
Ingredients
- 1½ pounds baking potatoes, washed, peeled and chopped into chunks
- 6 slices bacon, see shopping tips
- ¾ cup Best Skinny Ranch Dressing or your favorite light ranch dressing
- ½ cup light cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1 tablespoon chives, chopped or scallions (green part only)
- Fresh ground black pepper and salt, to taste
Instructions
- Add potatoes to a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and cook until soft (10-15 minutes). Do not overcook. Drain potatoes into a colander and place drained potatoes back in saucepan.
- In the meantime, cook bacon: Line a plate with several paper towels. Place 6 bacon strips on paper. Cover with several paper towels. Cook in microwave for 4-5 minutes, until crispy. Add cooked bacon strips to clean paper towels and blot. Crumble bacon and set aside.
- To hot cooked potatoes, add ranch dressing and smash potatoes with a fork. Mix well. Stir in crumbled bacon, cheese, chives and a little salt and black pepper, to taste. Turn flame to medium-low and continue to stir and mash potatoes. Heat until all ingredients are hot. Add more salt and pepper, if desired.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.5cupCalories: 84kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 4gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 220mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gBlue Smart Points: 3Green Smart Points: 3
Tried this recipe?Let me know how it was!
Wow, these are so decadent tasting and still low cal!
I’m so happy you are enjoying my recipes Jeanne. Instead of ranch dressing you could use fat-free sour cream or plain Greek yogurt and add a little reduced-fat milk.
Hope you enjoy this!
All the best,
Nancy
These potatoes look delicious. Since we don’t care for ranch dressing, what would you suggest as a substitute?
Thank you for all the wonderful recipes.