With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, I wanted to share with you the secret to getting light and fluffy mashed potatoes. I have a mashed potato recipe for you today. Every year for Thanksgiving I make 10lbs of these mashed potatoes…I never come home with any! I’m eating these potatoes tonight…the night before my first half marathon. They are a great carbohydrate for the night before a race. I seem to do really well the night before a race with eating red meat, mashed potatoes and a glass of red wine. Since my Dad is in town for the race and he loves potatoes, I’m sure he won’t mind what I have planned for dinner. Let me show you how I make my light and fluffy mashed potatoes.
! I’ve had it for 12 years now.
We have to drive an hour to get to our Thanksgiving dinner, so I make my mashed potatoes the day before and reheat them. In this case, I add a small amount of extra milk and they look a little less fluffy, but it helps them not get all dried out in the reheating process.
If you know you will need to keep them warm in the oven, make sure they have a small amount additional milk and maybe even appear slightly runnier than the pictures you see here. That way as the oven reheats or keeps them warm and drys them out, they will still be the right consistency, light and fluffy and delicious.
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These look YUMMY! I wish I had a mixer like that because it looks to be the key.
Thanks, they are yummy! I bet you could do something similar with a hand mixer, just use the different speeds. Let me know if you try it, how it goes.
i love mashed potatos! these look deelish. can’t wait for some homemade ones on thanksgiving!
Thanks…they are yummy. Happy Thanksgiving to you!
I am a potato addict – love them any way but one of my faves is mashed! And being able to eat them before a Marathon – you go girl!!
10 lbs – if they disappear that quickly, they must be amazing!
Kelly
Mmmm, just reading your comment is making me want potatoes…I love them, too. Yes, it is amazing to make 10lbs and then have them all gone! Thanks for stopping by.
Perfect timing with Thanksgiving right around the corner – thanks for sharing! Joining from Shine on Fridays – https://allthoseartsygirls.blogspot.com/
Thanks!
Perfect timing with Thanksgiving right around the corner – thanks for sharing! Joining from Shine on Fridays – https://allthoseartsygirls.blogspot.com/
Thanks for linking up! Hope to see some of your great ideas again this week on ‘Or so she says …’ http://www.oneshetwoshe.com
Your welcome! Have a great week.
Oh, you’re making me hungry for mashed potatoes 🙂
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They are good! I just linked up, thanks for the invitation. Have a great Thanksgiving.
These are seriously the best mashed potatoes I have ever made. I cook alot!
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Thanks!
Homemade mashed potatoes are a must at Thanksgiving dinner. I bet the mixer makes it so much easier to do a big batch. #HomeMattersParty
Thanks! Yes, the mixer does make it easier for small or large batches. 🙂
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Can’t wait to try these!!
I can’t wait to eat them again this year. So yummy! Hope you love them!
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Excited to try them
😊 Hope you enjoy them!