Comments on: Thanksgiving Prep: Creamy Mashed Potatoes

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:46:21 +0000

Just made these for Thanksgiving tomorrow. My almost 4 yr old just told me he loved them!! Hopefully they will reheat well tomorrow! Thanks for the recipe!

By: Sally

Sally — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:03:57 +0000

I just have to say that these mashed potatoes look like the creamiest mashed potatoes ive ever seen lol.. Cant wait to try them!

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:14:54 +0000

R–Yeah I steamed them and then (since I didn’t have a food processor at the time) I just mashed the heck out of them. I think if you put them in a food processor that it would make them creamier. My husband couldn’t tell the difference and he generally hates anything that is healthy. We also tried your taco’s in lettuce shells the other day and my husband LOVED them. Actually tweeted about how much he liked them. Thanks for the great ideas. This blog has really inspired me to cook a lot more.

By: roni

roni — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:42:39 +0000

I HAVE! But I have never been able to get the consistency right. Did you just steam them first?

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:53:22 +0000

Have you thought of mixing some mashed cauliflower in? It is a bit of a healthy twist that I read of in a book. I did it, and seriously couldn’t tell the difference.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:47:04 +0000

Made these tonight…AWESOME!!!

By: bigtickles

bigtickles — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:55:21 +0000

I just made the potatoes and they are delicious. I am adding them to my favorites. Keep them coming Roni!

By: roni

roni — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:13:15 +0000

Sandra… that sounds pretty cool to me. A bit high on the sodium but that’s to be expected. I always make my own with broth and drippings. See comment by me above. But for a quick gravy that sounds great!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:09:33 +0000

Hi Roni,I had a question for you “what do you think about Heinz fat free gravy? 1/4 cup is 20 calories 0 fat 0 saturated fat, trans fat 0 cholesterol 0, carbs. 3g fiber 0 sugars 0 protien 1g. The only thing is the sodium is 250mg. Thank you so much.

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:36:29 +0000

How did you get your gravy nice and dark and thick?

By: purpleworm

purpleworm — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:00:05 +0000

OMG! I love mashed potato. I want to try those! Keep making more potato recipes. =)

By: TrishT

TrishT — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:41:25 +0000

I boil my potatoes in half chicken broth and half water, they come out so creamy and flavorful you don’t really need to add anything.

By: MaryB

MaryB — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:28:14 +0000

Another plus to using the cream cheese, is that you can make them ahead of time and reheat them in the oven or microwave. The cream cheese keeps them from getting ‘gluey’

By: My First Kitchen

My First Kitchen — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:16:50 +0000

Wow. I’m so intrigued. I’m not necessarily trying to have a healthy Thanksgiving (my family would shoot me), but if I can trick them with a few lighter versions, I can’t help but try. These are going on the list. THANK YOU.

By: roni

roni — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:50:32 +0000

Debbie – Never heard of “red eye” gravy. Apparently it’s a southern thing… link to en.wikipedia.org Learn something new every day! ;~)

By: roni

roni — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:48:00 +0000

Christy – No, I HATE coffee, can’t taste it at all. It’s just adds color and a different dimension. I would never call it coffee gravy or anything. :~)

By: roni

roni — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:46:57 +0000

TamIAm – I wouldn’t change a thing except I’d probably mash them with hand masher and leave them more smashed then “whipped”. Either way, the taste would be the same!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:23:38 +0000

Yes, we do make the potatoes (5.3oz) with the skins….small amount of chicken broth, and 3 wedges of LC cheese. There are different flavors of the LC cheese, but we really like the french onion one for the potatoes. They taste wonderful…and I believe the coffee in the gravy makes it a “redeye” gravy? Is that right? I have never tried it myself either…but the pic looks good enough to eat!

By: Christy

Christy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:12:27 +0000

Opps…I did not mean to post that yet.

The gravy looks great. I have never had coffee in gravy…can you taste it or is it just for the color?

By: Christy

Christy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:11:26 +0000

My brother has a recipe similar to this on his site. But he uses LC Cheese. I bet it is good both ways. I use a lot of FF cream cheese over the holidays so this might be easier for me.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:52:16 +0000

Yaaay! I’m going to link to this in my Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup.

My whole family’s with you on the lumpy mashed ‘taters, though. “It lets me know they’re real!” LOL.

By: TamIAm

TamIAm — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:26:37 +0000

Well since you like the skin on your potatoes (as do I, less work that way, haha), can I ask if you think how these would be with the skin left on? I don’t know that it would change them that much except for the consistency. I imagine the yummy flavor would remain unchanged?

By: roni

roni — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:07:43 +0000

I DO! But I wing it. Darn it! I should have jotted down what I did. Here’s what I can remember…

I seared boneless turkey breast in a stainless steal frying pan. Then I finished them in the oven. I removed the breasts, then added chicken broth to the pan brought it to a boil, added some oat flour (ground oat meal) mixed with water, a splash of coffee, gravy master, sage, onion powder, garlic powder, salt & pepper. Splashing more broth until I got the consistency I wanted.

Ummm I think that’s it! Hope it helps!

By: Holly

Holly — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:59:41 +0000

what about gravy? Do you have a recipe for that? These look super yummy by the way.

By: Maranda

Maranda — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:30:44 +0000

Can;t wait to try these. Yummy!!!