Cheesy Potato & Biltong Bake

Tuesday is supposed to be Meat night, but I was busy (still) painting the house, kids homework, trying to make cottage cheese, and butter (5th attempt - I just don't understand it, no cream wants to turn to butter!!) and I wasn't in the mood for MEAT. Perhaps because I devoured half a kilo of biltong during the day... hhhmmm..
The biltong also became my inspiration! I like cooking with biltong, it already has a unique, rich flavour to it, and it gives an air of decadence to the meal - it is, after all, a delicatessen item, and expensive! 
I made this bake in separate bowls for each person eating. The idea of your own privately prepared meal, makes you feel special, plus it saves on dishes! The ingredients was enough for us 5 family members.

Ingredients

5 medium to large potatoes (1per person)
5t margarine (1t per person)
1/2 punnet mushrooms
1 onion, halved and sliced
5tbs thick cream (1tbs per person)
10tbs cottage cheese (2tbs per person)
5 handfulls of biltong (1 handful per person)
Salt & Pepper to taste
2 1/2 cups of grated cheddar cheese (1/2 cup per person)
1tbs margarine

Method

Cook the potatoes whole, either on the stove or in the microwave. Slice it open in the bowl. Add the teaspoon of margarine, salt & pepper. 

Melt the tbs of margarine in a pan, fry the onion and mushrooms until nicely browned.

 Scoop the cream and cottage cheese over the potato. Add the biltong, then the onion and mushrooms, and lastly cover with the cheddar cheese. 

Bake in the oven at 160degrees C until cheese is fully melted and starting to brown. Enjoy this decadence with or without a salad - I was way too hungry to bother with the salad!! And the best part: this fabulously delicious meal, is actually low-carb!!!

Yours in oil and veggies

Risch