Mashed Potatoes are bad news!

The problem is not enough gravy with your mashed potatoes...

Seriously, I feel you. Are you sure about those calories?
Maybe try a different recipe.

Your solution is fine, and in time, you will get used to having what you enjoy in proper moderation.

I love mashed potatoes. I put light laughing cow cheese and light sour cream in mine, makes them soooo nice and creamy.

Merkavar wrote: »

How does mashing potatoes make them worse than baking?

Do you add milk or butter to the mash? Do you bake then in oil?

See I would have though baked would be worse over mash.

I add milk and butter. Just much less than the average person in my family, lol. Or sometimes just salt and sour cream

danieltsmoke wrote: »

Kinda...I just decided to take my potatoes and instead of quarter and bake them, like I typically do and totally enjoy...and turn them into mashed potatoes, which I also totally love. The problem is that a serving of 75g is like 150cals, and I dont know about you, but I need like 3 servings to feel like its an adequate amount of mashed potatoes...like 1 serving is barely enough to coat the bag of veggies and chicken I'm gonna have with it...

TLDR, just quarter/season/bake your potatoes...mashed are not worth the time, and deff not the calories :P

Have you tried having just one serving, or even 1.25 servings? Or, knowing you will have mashed potatoes that night, have you tried to save some extra calories for that extra serving? Surely, you really don't have to have 3 servings of mashed potatoes even though that's what you want.

I love my mashed potatoes and will never give them up. I eat both the kind I make and the Idahoan flavored ones, Applewood Bacon being my favorite.

yeap I def. feel you! mashed potatoes, are right next to corn flakes and pasta, the serving size are just sad (for me), so I don't have them as often.
and yes potatoes of course are potatoes and nothing will substitute them, but cauliflower mash so does it for me *_*

All depends on how much calories allowance in the day.
If you dont have much..well yes it is difficult maybe..but with some planning you always can get them in.

But as a male with at least a minimum of 1500 calories you can eat and spend the calories mashed potatoes costs. Just some planning

bpetrosky wrote: »

Merkavar wrote: »

How does mashing potatoes make them worse than baking?

Do you add milk or butter to the mash? Do you bake then in oil?

See I would have though baked would be worse over mash.

Typically milk or cream are added to the potatoes when cooking. I like Alton Brown's version from his Good Eats show. Higher calorie but oh-so-good.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/creamy-mashed-potatoes-recipe.html

But, I've found the bagged instant stuff is a pretty good substitute that has reasonable calories per serving, and way faster. The "real" mashed I leave for special occasions and potlucks.

Add milk while cooking?

Have I been mashing potatoes all wrong?

I steam potatoe then chuck them in a bowl with some milk and it butter and then use a potato masher, or a electric egg beater thing.

Ah, mashed potatoes, I remember you fondly. I've switched to sweet potatoes for better nutritional values. Also, try substituting cauliflower in your mashed "potatoes".

I like mashed cauliflower. I never liked mashed potatoes anyway. You could do half and half?

Another mash combo that I think is very tasty is dry roasted seasoned with your fav condiments (we particularly like cajun and smoked paprika) add this to the boiled spud and mash away. The higher water content in the pumpkin usually means there is no need to add in milk, cream etc.

Since I didn't want to give up my favorite foods, mashed potatoes being one of them, I have learned to portion them out to fit my calories. I consider mashed potatoes to be very nearly the perfect food.

I love mashed potatoes so so much. They're the only way I like to eat potatoes. I have to avoid making them though because I will literally eat nothing else for days. The crazy amount of butter and gravy I like with them does not help at all. I wonder if mashed-anything-else would fill that void without being so high in calories...

HikeCyclist wrote: »

Can't read all the responses, as this thread is making me hungry. But...

I usually make mashed cauliflower. Maybe you can mix potatoes & cauliflower to lessen the calorie load? I've also heard of people using parsnips in mashed cauliflower- not sure why, maybe it helps give that mashed potato consistency. Not sure how the cals in parsnips compare to potatoes, though.

Why substitute, though?

This thread has made me realize that I have never, not once, made mashed potatoes for myself.

I make mine with butter and homemade ranch dressing. It never occurred to me to sub out a portion of the potatoes for another food, but since the idea's been floated, I rather like the idea of mixing in cauliflower or possibly even turnips to lighten the calorie load. Next Sunday dinner I'm going to enjoy experimenting on 4 unsuspecting family members.

OP, best of luck getting used to the new portion sizes. It's an adjustment, but you'll get there. And thanks for tossing that mashed potato lament out there. It brought in some great ideas.