1. Mashed Potatoes with Butternut Squash, Delish // 2. Greek Yogurt Mashed Potatoes, The Faux Martha // 3. Mashed Potato Puffs, The Cooking Jar // 4. Honey Chipotle Mashed Sweet Potatoes, The Lemon Bowl // 5. Parmesan Duchess Potatoes, Tablespoon // 6. Horseradish and Carmelized Onion Mashed Potatoes, The Chunky Chef // 7. Mashed Potato Cheese Bites, The Tip Hero // 8. Mock Mashed Potatoes (Made with Cauliflower), The Food Network // 9. Cheesy Mashed Potato Muffins, Just a Taste // 10. Vegan Mashed Potatoes, The Minimalist Baker
When Robbie and I first started dating, I had him over for dinner. This was actually very brave of me as I wasn't exactly the most proficient chef at the time (and although I've very slowly learned to enjoy occasional cooking, I'm admittedly still not, at all). But I wanted to do it. To impress him, I whipped up a batch of one of the dishes at which I've always considered myself to be quite good - mashed potatoes. I really took my time with these babies too, adding the perfect amount of butter and garlic and young love, and watched eagerly as he took the first bite. His mouth formed a sort of forced smile as he grunted "mmmm" and slowly continued to take more tiny bites throughout the meal, until he was finally done. I was confused as to why (1) it took him so long to finish and (2) he didn't pile on a heaping serving of seconds. These were my famous mashed potatoes, after all, and they were freaking dynamite. I knew something was up. Eventually I got it out of him - dude doesn't like mashed potatoes. I know, I couldn't believe it either. Talk about a red flag, man. Could I really date someone who didn't like the most glorious food in all the land? Could I ever really trust him? Thankfully he had plenty of other redeeming qualities, but ten years later, I still give him a hard time about his distaste for the best food that ever there was.
Thanksgiving is exactly one week away, which, for us normal folks who actually appreciate their deliciousness, means (if we're lucky) we'll get to consume massive amounts of mashed potatoes. While my favorite type is the boring old traditional version (potatoes, garlic, milk, butter, and a little salt), I thought it would be fun to make a couple of unique varieties this year as well, and got to searching. I came across all sorts of ridiculously tasty looking recipes along the way, so it only made sense to share my favorites for this edition of 10 Great. I mean, how about #9? Mashed potatoes for breakfast? Yes, please! Or #7? Talk about comfort food. What if I just made an entire dinner out of just mashed potatoes - would that be weird?
I hope my fellow mashed potato lovers enjoy these recipes. If you have any others you can add to my collection, please leave them in the comments. And if you're one of those weird people like my husband who doesn't like mashed potatoes, just like with him, I'll still love you. But if I ever meet you in person, just know I'm going to give you a hard time about it.
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That story about your husband is hilarious! I too am a huge mashed potatoes fan and I will be eating copious amounts on thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteMashed potatoes are one of those foods that I absolutely love but that I reserve almost exclusively for holidays - the last time I had them was Canadian Thanksgiving last month and I probably won't eat them again until Christmas. Like everyone who loves them, I have my own recipe, which involves butter, milk and sour cream or Greek yogurt, but I admit that all ten of these sound pretty tempting!
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Like Robbie I'm not a big fan of mashed potatoes either haha. I think I might like #5 though :)
ReplyDeleteThat's too funny! I absolutely love mashed potatoes and we have them at least once a week. I steam the potatoes while we're at the gym then mash them with Greek yogurt in my standing mixer!
ReplyDeleteI love mashed potatoes (especially when there's melted cheese involved!) in the Netherlands we have a couple of traditional dishes with mashed potatoes, vegetables and most of the time they are eaten with cubes of bacon and a Dutch type of sausage, the 'rookworst'. The last couple of years the vegetarian varieties are increasing in popularity. I like the one with mashed potatoes, brussels' sprouts, parmesan and black olives.
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