Mashed Potatoes With Mix-Ins
By: Anonymous
Published: Saturday, December 12, 2009 - 11:41pm

Ingredients




4 lrg baking potatoes peeled, and
cut into pieces
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup butter or margarine - (½ 1 tablespoon Tabasco brand Green Pepper Sauce
2 teaspoons chopped parsley
1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Preparation

1 Place potatoes and enough water to cover in 4-quart saucepan over high heat; bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 20 to 25 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Drain. Return potatoes to saucepan and shake over heat to remove excess moisture. 2 Mash potatoes well in large bowl with a potato masher or fork (or put them through a ricer). In small saucepan, heat milk, butter and Tabasco brand Green Pepper Sauce until warm; stir into mashed potatoes along with parsley and salt; whip with fork, whisk or electric mixer until light and fluffy. Serve immediately. 3 This recipe yields 6 servings. 4 Mashed Potato Mix-Ins:Cheese - 1/2 cup crumbled, shredded or grated cheese; blue, sharp cheddar, feta, Parmesan 5 Bacon - 1/3 cup cooked and crumbled crisp bacon 6 Green onions - 1/3 cup minced green onions 7 Fresh herbs - 2 tablespoons snipped fresh basil, chives, dill, marjoram, oregano, tarragon, thyme or sage 8 Onions - 1/2 cup chopped cooked red or white onions or leeks 9 Garlic - 1 tablespoon roasted garlic puree, or four cloves garlic boiled and mashed with potatoes 10 Cabbage - 1 cup coarsely grated cooked cabbage 11 Sauerkraut - 1 cup fresh or canned sauerkraut, drained and chopped 12 Sausage - 1/2 cup chopped salami, pepperoni, or crumbled cooked sausage 13 Horseradish - 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish