Spruced Up Mashed Potatoes

  4.3 – 53 reviews  • Mashed Potato Recipes

Grill Mates Montreal Chicken Seasoning was applied to shrimp that had been marinated in RumChata and skewered before being barbecued on the grill.

Servings: 10
Yield: 10 servings

Ingredients

  1. 5 pounds potatoes, peeled and quartered
  2. 3 cups cauliflower florets
  3. 4 cloves garlic
  4. 1 large carrots, chopped
  5. ½ cup skim milk
  6. 3 tablespoons butter
  7. ½ teaspoon salt
  8. ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  9. 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, for garnish

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes, cauliflower, garlic and carrots. Cook until potatoes are tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain.
  2. Add the milk, butter, salt and pepper. Beat until smooth. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 222 kcal
Carbohydrate 43 g
Cholesterol 9 mg
Dietary Fiber 6 g
Protein 6 g
Saturated Fat 2 g
Sodium 174 mg
Sugars 4 g
Fat 4 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Jade Herman
I always start by adding 3-4 bay leaves to the pot to boil with potatoes. Remove when cooking is done. I rice them and then add 8oz of cream cheese and a stick of butter. Adjust thickness if needed with milk. You’ll enjoy this version. This posted version was also quite good.
William Allen
I was only feeding three people so I cut back on the potatoes only. Added everything else as is. It was great!
Lori Richardson
I love adding more veggies!!! This recipe was quite tasty.
Tiffany Silva
Made it vegan with vegan butter spread and added a little vegan cream cheese, too. Cannot overstate how good this recipe is. Cook time was perfect. Yum!
Melissa Webster
This recipe was good and had good flavor 🙂 I didn’t add the carrots just because I didn’t think the kids would eat them. I did add 1 more TBSP butter and 1/4 tsp of salt as well but that’s just preference.
Julie Baker
I added and mashed carrots amd some chicken base, also, incorporating two recipe ideas. Was wonderful.
John Hansen
Made for Paul & family. all liked it
Melinda Hess
I love this dish! I usually use a rutabaga (diced small) instead of cauliflower, since it corresponds to the cooking time of the potatoes and adds a lovely golden hue to the dish. Makes a lovely, fluffy, flavorful side.
Rodney Hernandez
As written, pretty bland. I spiced it up with plenty of Lawry’s seasoning, extra black pepper, and some sour cream – after that it was tasty.
Keith Yang
I had more cauliflower than potatoes, but boiled all together (carrots could have boiled longer to mash better, but they still tasted great). Added more butter & didn’t need the milk.
Jacob King
Very good potatoes. Finally got my 3 yr old to eat all of his cauliflower
Jordan Green
Mild and delicious. I had a few turnips on hand and threw those in the mix. My boyfriend had no idea he was eating “healthy” and delicious mashed potatoes. Thanks.
Charles Wagner
This was excellent! The hint of cauliflower added great flavor. I will definitely prepare this again.
Mrs. Dawn Carpenter MD
We now add cauliflower to our potatoes when boiling. We left out the carrots since we didn’t think that the kid would buy into the colors. Thanks!
Richard Robinson
Great way to use up that cauliflower. Family loved it. Great recipe. Used Half and Half instead of skim.
Raven Black
I thought these were fantastic…. the only thing I would change next time is to add the carrots to the water a little before the potatoes and cauliflower, as they always take longer to soften and didn’t not break down so well when I used the hand-mixer. I only had about 3 pounds of potototes so I added the whole small head of cauliflower, along with the handful of baby carrots. I also used Smart Balance instead of butter. These potatoes were just perfect with “Turkey and Quinoa” meatloaf (on this site) for a filling, nutritious meal. Thanks, Anne-Marie!
Crystal Waters
I scaled this down for 4 servings. I didn’t have enough potatoes for dinner so I went looking for a way to make them stretch. This recipe did the trick, as I had plenty of cauliflower! I left out the carrots and added about 3 Tbsp. sour cream per some reviewers suggestion. My husband couldn’t tell there was cauliflower in it! I used a hand held potato masher. Over mixing your mashed taters makes them yucky. This is a keeper!!
Michael Pittman
Very, very good…I always substitute o.o. for butter…much healthier and not noticeable taste difference.
Eric Morales
I really liked this dish. I added 1/4 c. chopped onion to the ingredients. I fried 4 slices of chopped bacon until crispy and added it at the end.
Dillon Garcia
This is the best recipe for anyone who won’t eat thier vegetables. My husband won’t touch cauliflower at all. It was just us two so I used 2 large potatoes and half a bag of frozen cauliflower with no carrots. My husband gobbled this up and got seconds. I still haven’t told him! I couldn’t detect the cauliflower at all but I used an electric mixer and beat it until smooth. Thank you so so so much for this. I will be making this one regularly!
Robert Scott
made these for Christmas dinner as I’m trying to eat more veggies and the texture/colour was right but the cauliflower made them a little more bitter than plain/regular mashed potatoes. Next time I’ll add 1T of sugar to offset that. Will make again. Also, made with broccoli instead of cauliflower and added cream cheese instead of butter. Delish.

 

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Scroll to Top