Savory Mashed Potatoes Recipes

Steps:

• Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add potatoes, and cook until tender, about 15 minutes.
• Drain potatoes, and transfer to a bowl. Add butter, and mash with a potato masher or electric mixer until potatoes are starting to become smooth. Add milk and sour cream, and mix to your desired texture. Careful not to over mix the potatoes once they are creamy. Season with garlic, basil, salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in salted water until tender. Drain. Beat potatoes, milk, seasoned salt and two tablespoons margarine in a mixing bowl until fluffy.
• Mix in sour cream, cream cheese and chives. Turn into buttered cassrole dish.
• Combine remaining tablespoon of margarine with crushed cracker crumbs. Sprinkle on top of potato mixture.
• Base for 30 minutes tin a 350 degree oven.
• Top with shredded cheese during last 10 minutes of baking time.
• This recipe can be prepared a day in advance.

Steps:

• Bring potatoes, 1 teaspoon salt, and water to cover to a boil. Cook 30 minutes, or until tender. Drain.
• Return potatoes to pan. Add sweet potatoes and cream cheese. Mush until smooth with potato masher. Stir in bacon, next 3 ingredients, remaining 2 teaspoons of salt.
• Spoon mixture into lightly greased 11x7-inch baking dish. Bake uncovered at 350°F for 20 minutes.
• Garnish with the rest of the bacon.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F
• Make pie crust as directed on box for One-Crust Baked Shell using 9-inch deep-dish glass pie pan or 9-inch glass pie pan. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool while making mashed potatoes.
• Meanwhile, in 3-quart saucepan, mix water, butter, salt, garlic powder and pepper. Heat to boiling. Remove from heat. Stir in potato flakes, 1/2 cup sour cream and the bacon bits.
• Sprinkle 1/2 cup onions in bottom of cooled baked shell; sprinkle with cheese. Spoon and spread potato mixture evenly over cheese. Arrange tomato slices around edge, overlapping if necessary. Brush potato mixture and tomatoes with oil.
• Reduce oven temperature to 400°F; bake 15 to 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated in center. Cool 5 minutes. To serve, sprinkle with 2 tablespoons onions. Cut into wedges; top each serving with 1 tablespoon sour cream.

Steps:

• Wash and scrub the sweet potatoes; pat dry.
• To bake the sweet potatoes, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place pricked potatoes on a foil-lined baking pan to catch any juices that leak, then into the preheated oven and cook for 45 minutes, or until the potatoes are fully cooked and tender, up to 1 hour.
• To cook the sweet potatoes more quickly, carefully prick each sweet potato about 6 times, place in microwave oven on a paper towel and cook on High 15 to 17 minutes, or until a knife is easily inserted into center of potatoes.
• When cool enough to handle, remove skin and any dark spots from potatoes. In a medium bowl, mash potatoes with butter and season with salt and pepper. Stir in sour cream and scallions until well mixed. Serve immediately sprinkled with reserved green onions on top.