Creamy Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

About this Recipe

I remember while growing up spending summers at my Grandmother’s house. We always seemed to be there during potato harvest from her garden. It felt like SUCH a treasure hunt to dig down into the rich soil, scoop up a big bunch of dirt and then get our little hands dirty while finding these delicious treasures. We would fill our buckets, fight over who found the most potatoes, splash each other while we washed them off with the garden hose, and then go inside to help out while some delicious potato recipe was made. Freshly scouted potatoes can be used for many many recipes, including this delicious garlic mashed potato recipe. When they are baby potatoes, my favorite is just simply baking them with some butter, oil and garlic and then eating them with sour cream.

Grandmother’s TIPS for Garlic Mashed Potato Recipe:

1. For the fluffiest results for mashed potatoes - look for a high starch potatoes like Yukon gold or russet.

2. Potatoes are thin skinned, so when possible choose organic potatoes. They are surprisingly on the high pesticide list for produce.

3. When storing your foods, you can use abeego - the reusable beeswax food wrap that breaths. You can use it over and over and wash it in warm soapy water along with your dishes. We love this product and the concept that we can wrap, wash & reuse!

4. A great thing about growing your own is that potatoes are easy to garden and can produce about 50 pounds of edible potatoes from only 2 pounds of seed potatoes.


Ingredients

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Makes:

One potato serving size is considered to be 6 to 8 ounces.

A 5 pound bag of potatoes would make about 10 servings. Use this as a guide to calculate how many pounds to do.

A medium size potato is 5 to 7 ounces, of course depending on the size.

Roasted Garlic Cloves

You will also need butter, cream, salt and pepper.

Directions

1. Make the Creamy Mashed Potato Recipe

2. Make the Roasted Garlic Recipe

* Once you make the creamy mashed potatoes, you can step those potatoes up a notch and consider adding freshly roasted garlic to the recipe.

4. Use about 2-4 roasted cloves for a 6 cup portion of mashed.

5. Use 1/4 cup butter for 6 potatoes and 1/8 cup cream. Of course it is personal preference as to how much you want to use when using garlic in a recipe.

6. If you are serving to guests, we suggest use a less more moderate amount.

7. A good rule of thumb in to add a little, stir in and do a taste test.

8. Add salt and pepper. Again add a little say 1/2 teaspoon of each, do a taste test and go from there.

We used these roasted garlic mashed potatoes in our Shepherd's Pie Recipe.

ENJOY!

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Of all the types of potato dishes, mashed potatoes have to be a favourite whether they top a weeknight shepherd’s pie or act as a side to an elegant holiday meal. Most people will have a version that they swear by, but this roasted garlic mashed potatoes recipe includes garlic that has been sweetened by the oven and is great served with any protein.

When preparing any delicious potato recipe, it is crucial to choose the correct potato for the job. In the case of mashed potatoes, high starch potatoes like Yukon gold or russet will produce the fluffiest results while waxy potatoes, like red potatoes or fingerlings, may become heavier and glue-like. If you have to have one potato on hand to produce different types of potato dishes, a starchy potato variety is the best since it has the versatility to whip into creamy mashed potatoes while also being able to be used for fries or oven roasted potatoes.

Potatoes are often labelled as an unhealthy food, but that isn’t necessarily the truth. Much of this belief comes from how potatoes can be prepared. French fries involve deep frying in

In fact, potato nutrients are diverse involving good amounts of vitamin B6, potassium and vitamin C, among others.(1) To limit the less healthy components of traditional potato dishes, simply stick to less salt if you are on a sodium-restricted diet and feel free to add however little or as much cream and butter as desired.

References

(1)All About Potatoes (June 15, 2017), Retrieved from http://www.unlockfood.ca/en/Articles/Cooking-Food-Preparation/All-about-potatoes.aspx



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