I tried 3 chefs’ loaded baked potato recipes. They were all good, but my favorite tasted like a pasta dinner.

• I made loaded baked potatoes using recipes from Giada de Laurentiis, Ree Drummond, and Jeff Mauro.
• Drummond’s dish had a nice spicy sauce, and Mauro’s mirrored a classic Reuben.
• De Laurentiis’ Italian-sausage potato was decadent and savory, like a pasta dinner.

Whether you like them fried, mashed, diced, or hashed, there’s a potato for just about everyone’s tastes. But no dish is quite as versatile and delicious as a baked potato.

Since potatoes have remained an affordable grocery staple while inflation plays with everything else, I wanted to see if I could jazz them up to turn a spud into a full meal. I tried loaded-baked potato recipes from celebrity chefs Giada de Laurentiis, Jeff Mauro, and Ree Drummond to see which I liked best.