Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

6 medium red potatoes, about 2 pounds
1/2 cup skim milk
2/3 cup evaporated skim milk
2 tbsp reduced-fat margarine
nonstick cooking spray
paprika, for garnish optional

Recipe Instructions:

Peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes. Place them in a large saucepa=
n and=0Acover them with water. Cover the pan and bring the water to a bo=
il. Reduce=0Ahead and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 25 min=
utes. Drain and=0Amash the potatoes with a mixer or run them through a r=
icer or food mill. Heat=0Athe milk, evaporated milk and margarine until =
the margarine melts. Reserve=0Aand refrigerate 1/4 cup of the milk mixtu=
re and beat the rest into the=0Apotatoes. Spoon the potato mixture into =
a 1 1/2-quart casserole that has been=0Asprayed with nonstick cooking spr=
ay. Smooth the top, cover, and refrigerate.=0AWhen ready to heat, remove=
the casserole from the refrigerator, pour on the=0Areserved milk mixture=
, and let it sit at room temperature for about 2 hours.=0APreheat oven to=
350=F8F and bake, uncovered, until hot, about 25 minutes.=0ARemove from =
the oven and stir; garnish with paprika if desired. (Note: You=0Acan als=
o reheat the potatoes in a microwave oven by cooking them on high!
for about 10 minutes, rotating and stirring the m once during cooking.)

Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 25 minutes Reheating time: 25=
=0Aminutes

Yield: about 4 cups

Servings: 8

When the waitress puts the dinner on the table the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress

~ Gelett Burgess, 'Look Eleven Years Younger' (1937).

 

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