Baked potatoes are easy to prepare. They make an incredibly varied dish because the fillings and toppings for baked potatoes have the same limits as your imagination. Some of them really flavorful and nourishing enough to make a light meal out of a baked potato. Potatoes baked in a conventional oven taste much better and you can almost set and forget until the cooking time is finished. But microwaved potatoes will do nicely when you are pressed for time or you are just preparing one or two and don't want to bother with the oven.