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Mashed Red Potatoes

September 7, 2010 by Alea Milham 13 Comments

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I love being able to walk out to the garden and dig up some potatoes for dinner! Today I am making my mashed red potatoes recipe which is a favorite with my kids.
Delicious mashed red potatoes recipe

Have you ever eaten a potato that is so fresh the skin is still paper thin and fragile? New potatoes need to be handled with a little extra care, but they are worth the trouble. Like most other vegetables, you can taste the difference when eating a freshly harvested potato.

 

New potatoes have fragile skin when they are first harvested.

I contemplated showing you what my hands look like after I have dug for potatoes, but decided the picture was too unappetizing. I dig for potatoes with bare hands because the skin is so fragile that it is easily torn. I tore the skin on the above potato just by washing it a little too vigorously.

While the potato skin is so fragile that it would be easy to remove, I leave it on for the extra nutrients it contains.

Mashed Red Potatoes Recipe

Dairy-Free Mashed Red Potatoes Alternative: You can make mashed potatoes with milk and butter, but I find that I prefer making them with vegetable broth and olive oil. The sauteed onions and garlic make this dish so flavorful, that milk and butter aren’t needed.

Ingredients:
  • 3 lbs. red potatoes, quartered
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • ½ cup onion, diced
  • 4 tablespoons butter or olive oil, separated
  • pepper to taste
  • 1 cup milk or vegetable broth (How to Make Vegetable Broth)
Directions:
  1. In a large pot, boil potatoes until they can easily be pierced by a fork. Drain and rinse the potatoes.
  2. While the potatoes are boiling, saute the onions in 1 tablespoon of olive oil or butter for 4 minutes. Add the minced garlic and cook for 1 more minute.
  3. Mash the potatoes in a large bowl; adding the garlic and onion mixture, the remaining oil or butter, and pepper. Add the milk or vegetable broth slowly to achieve the desired texture.

Printable Recipe for Mashed Red Potatoes

Mashed Red Potatoes
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
20 mins
Total time
30 mins
 
Author: Alea
Recipe type: Side Dish
Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 3 lbs. red potatoes, quartered
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • ½ cup onion, diced
  • 4 Tablespoons olive oil, separated
  • pepper to taste
  • 1 cup vegetable broth (How to Make Vegetable Broth)
Directions
  1. In a large pot, boil potatoes until they can easily be pierced by a fork. Drain and rinse the potatoes.
  2. While the potatoes are boiling, saute the onions in 1 tablespoon of olive oil or butter for 4 minutes. Add the minced garlic and cook for 1 more minute.
  3. Mash the potatoes; adding garlic and onion mixture, oil, and pepper. Add the broth slowly to achieve the desired texture.
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More Potato Recipes:

Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Purple Mashed Potatoes
Hasselback Red Potatoes
Fast and Easy Hashbrowns
Herb Roasted New Potatoes
Garlic and Rosemary Red Potatoes

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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

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  1. The Book Lady Online says

    September 9, 2010 at 9:43 pm

    Oh yummy!! Love freshly dug potatoes 🙂 And your recipe sounds wonderful and you pictures are making me hungry 🙂 Yum!!

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On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

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