Healthy Mashed Potatoes?

Plain yogurt works really well. It gives a nice tangy richness, with more nutrition than butter and cream would give.

Also, I leave the skins on (this makes "smashed potatoes", or so I call them).

I use only a quarter cup of skim just enough to get the potatoes to mash. I leave the skin on too, I like the taste and fibre.

I make them with non fat milk and a little garlic powder. You don't miss the butter. Also, if you are trying to reduce carbs, you mix your potatoes with cooked cauliflower. If you cook it and put it through your blender or food processor and then add in the potatoes, it comes out nice and smooth.

I do a 50/50 mix for myself, but if you have people protesting they don't like cauliflower, do 25% cauliflower. I did this one Thanksgiving because a friend's husband had a cow when he thought I was going to "ruin" the mashed potatoes. After he had his second helping,:noway: his wife asked how he liked the potatoes, and he said they were delicious and he was glad I "changed my mind" about "ruining" them. He didn't have much to say when we revealed he had been eating cauliflower.:laugh:

I also use cauliflower. I do half potatoes and half cauliflower with fat free sour cream and garlic powder. I mash it all together really well. It's really good!!!! My husband hates cauliflower and I used this recipe and he never knew it. Actually he thought those were the best mashed potatoes he had ever had. LOL I never told him.

CAULIFLOWER!

I make mashed cauliflower instead of potatoes, and it tastes very similar with only 1/2 the calories. I love mashed potatoes too, but mashed cauliflower is equally yummy when made correctly.

my husband tricked me one time by using cauliflower instead of potatoes..he totally had me fooled! they tasted great and the texture wasnt bad either! : ) give it a shot...hope you like it

Here is another way to make mashed potatoes taste wonderful! Get a couple of celery roots then cut off the outside and cut into chunks like you do the potatoes. Boil til soft like when making mashed potatoes. Use 70% celery root to 30% potatoes. Add earth balance (a healthier choice than butter) soy milk or almond milk,salt, pepper and garlic to taste. A real healthy treat to the tastebuds!!!

Here's a recipe using Cauliflower in it. Its only 70 calories and 12g of Carbs. Let me know what you think.

Ranch Mashed Potatoes

Prep Time: 15 min * Total Time: 35 min * Makes: 6 servings, 1/2 cup each

What You Need:
1 lb.potatoes, peeled, cut into chunks
1 cup bite-size cauliflower florets
1/4 cup KRAFT Light Ranch Dressing

How To Make:
COOK potatoes and cauliflower in boiling water in large saucepan 20 min. or until vegetables are tender.
DRAIN vegetables; return to saucepan. Add dressing; mash until vegetable mixture is light and fluffy.

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I roast a head of garlic (cut the top of the clove (not root side) about 1/4 inch off, drizzle with a bit of Olive Oil and sprinkle with sea salt and or your favorite herb - I use rosemary - wrap loseley in foil and roast in a 350 oven for about an hour) and add the roasted cloves to the potatoes before I mash them, then I use low-fat sour cream and if I need any more liquid I just add a bit of water. I've made these with 1/3 cauliflower and it's been good too! I always leave the skins on my potatoes and I usually use red potatoes.

Using chicken broth instead of butter and milk is an old trick my mom used to use - my sisters and I started adding the roasted garlic for a butter flavor, and then the low-fat sour cream.