Mashed Potatoes

Mashed Potatoes loaded with all kind of goodness. They can be made with any or all of the ingredients below. You can pick which ones you like best. These are a devine comfort food to enjoy any time of the year.


Mashed Potatoes

Start with cooking potatoes by boiling them in salted water until tender. I used baby red potatoes and left the skins on but you can prepare them for boiling any way you want. Once they are cooked so that you can poke a fork in them without resistance you can rinse the water off them. I mash them and add 1 to 2 sticks of butter, one 8 once package of cream cheese, some fresh garlic (garlic seasoning will work too),and 1 or 2 big scoops of sour cream any flavor you like ( I used onion and chive sour cream). You can add some cheese if you want too.  I never said these were diet potatoes.



Once the mashed potatoes are all mixed and mashed up then add some salt, pepper, chives,parsley, Italian seasonings. This is where you can add any other seasoning you like. Make sure to taste and add more of anything above it it seems to plain because potatoes can absorb alot of seasoning.

Serve hot.

Enjoy these wonderful Mashed Potatoes



Potato fun facts

Cheesy Leftover Mashed Potato Muffins

This is my Pinterest Pluck for the week.  I will take a recipe a week and try it to see if it is as good as it sounds and looks on Pinterest.  So here goes:  Cheesy Leftover Mashed Potato Muffins.  The Pinterest link for original recipe is below.


Pinterst cheesy mash potato muffins

I mixed up the mashed potatoes with egg, chives and cheddar cheese.  Put them in a muffin tin and baked for 40 minutes.





When I took them out of the muffin tin they all stuck and came out in pieces.  I sprayed them with cooking spray but maybe should have used more.  I didn't think they were very flavorful.  I think they were good but I would have added some more seasoning.  Maybe adding some hot sauce, sriracha, or some wasabi mustard would have given it some more flavor.  I decided to take my leftover mash potatoes and fry them like pancakes.  The recipe is to follow.