Mashed Potatoes With Cream Cheese Food

CREAMY MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Peel the potatoes and rinse them in cold water. Chop the potatoes in fourths. Place the potatoes into a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook until fork tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Drain the potatoes, and then return them to the pan. With the burner on low heat, mash the potatoes with a potato masher; the more steam that's released while you mash, the better. Mash for about 5 minutes. Turn off the burner.
• Add the butter, cream cheese, half-and-half, and seasonings. Stir to combine, and if the mixture needs thinning, add milk. Check the seasonings, adding salt and pepper, to taste.
• Pour the mashed potatoes into a large casserole pan. Dot the surface with butter. Cover with foil and bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Remove the foil and continue baking for 10 more minutes. Serve immediately.

MASHED POTATOES WITH CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and transfer to a bowl.
• While potatoes are still hot and steaming, add cream cheese, milk, butter, and salt. Blend with an electric hand mixer until creamy and smooth.

MASHED POTATOES WITH CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• Peel and cut the potatoes into large cubes and boil in salted water until tender.
• Meanwhile, beat the cream cheese, then stir in the sour cream, milk and spices.
• Drain and mash the potatoes in the pot, then stir in the cream cheese mixture.
• Spoon into a casserole dish or a 9x13 pan.
• You may cover it and refrigerate for 24 hours, or proceed to baking right away.
• Bake covered with foil at 350 for 45 min's.
• Increase the time if the dish has been chilled.

CREAMY MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Peel and cut the potatoes into pieces that are generally the same size. Bring a large pot of water to a simmer and add the potatoes. Bring to a boil and cook until the potatoes are cooked through, 30 to 35 minutes. (When they're cooked through a fork should easily slide into the potatoes with no resistance, and the potatoes should almost, but not totally, fall apart.)
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Drain the potatoes thoroughly in a large colander. Place them back into the dry pot and put the pot on the stove. Mash the potatoes over low heat, allowing all the steam to escape before adding in all the other ingredients.
• Turn off the heat and add the butter, cream cheese and about 1/2 cup of half-and-half. Mash, mash, mash! Next, add about 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Stir well, and then taste and add more half-and-half, seasoning salt and pepper if needed.
• Transfer the potatoes to a medium-sized baking dish. Throw a few pats of butter over the top of the potatoes and place in the oven until the butter is melted and the potatoes are warmed through.

CREAM CHEESE AND CHIVE MASHED POTATOES (LOW-FAT)

Steps:

• In medium saucepan over high heat, boil potatoes in 2 inches of water about 12 minutes, or until tender; drain thoroughly.
• Shake potatoes in pan 1 to 2 minutes over low heat to dry thoroughly.
• Mash potatoes with electric mixer or potatoe masher. (Do not overbeat).
• Mix in cheese until melted.
• Mix in milk and chives.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Stir gently over low heat just until heated through.

CREAM CHEESE MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Peel and cube potatoes. Place in a large stockpot; add water to cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook, uncovered, until tender, 12-15 minutes. Drain., With a mixer, beat cream cheese, 1/2 cup melted butter, salt and pepper until smooth. Add potatoes; beat until light and fluffy. If desired, top with additional melted butter. Sprinkle with green onions.

LOW FAT CREAM CHEESE MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• PLACE potatoes and enough water to cover in 3-quart saucepan. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook 20 to 25 minutes or until tender. Drain.
• MASH potatoes, gradually stirring in milk, cream cheese, onion powder, salt and pepper until light and fluffy. Sprinkle with paprika. Serve immediately.

SOUR CREAM CHEDDAR MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Cook the potatoes in a large pot of salted water until a sharp knife can easily be inserted.
• Drain and allow to stand, uncovered, for 5 minutes for any steam to evaporate then peel the potatoes.
• While the potatoes are cooking, heat the milk with the pepper, thyme and bay leaf in a saucepan.
• As soon as the milk starts to simmer, remove from the heat and allow to infuse.
• Remove the herbs and peppercorns from the milk then pour over the potatoes. Add the butter and mash. Stir in the sour cream and cheddar then season to taste with salt.
• Transfer the potatoes to a serving dish and add a knob of butter and a crack of black pepper to the top.

SMASHED POTATOES AND CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• Boil potatoes until tender, 15 minutes. While the water boils and when the potatoes are cooking, you can be working on the meatloaf recipe.
• When the potatoes are tender, drain them and return them to the hot pot to let them dry out a bit. Mash potatoes with half-and-half or milk using a potato masher. Add in the cream cheese and smash until the cheese melts into the potatoes. Then add chives and scallions and season with salt and pepper, to your taste.

SOUR CREAM AND CREAM CHEESE MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and generously salt water.
• Simmer until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Drain well. Mash potatoes together with cream cheese, sour cream, chives, salt and pepper. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
• Place in a storage container with the lid off and chill in refrigerator. When potatoes are cold, cover tightly with lid.
• When read to reheat potatoes, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a baking dish and spoon desired amount of potatoes into a dish. Sprinkle with paprika and dot with butter.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until heated through.
• Use within 10 days.

MASHED POTATOES W/ CREAM CHEESE & CHIVES

Steps:

• Place the potatoes in a large pot with cold water.
• Once the water comes to a boil, add a generous amount of salt.
• Boil until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork, about 10-12 minutes.
• Drain the potatoes and return them to the hot pot to let them dry out a bit.
• Mash the potatoes with cream or half-and-half, cream cheese, chives, salt and freshly ground black pepper.

BAKED FETA MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-13-by-2-inch (3.75-quart) casserole dish with butter.
• Put the potatoes in the prepared casserole dish, add the half-and-half and stir to combine. Spread the potatoes in an even layer and place the block of feta in the center, on top of the potatoes. Season with 1 tablespoon salt and a few grinds of pepper and dot the butter over the potatoes. Cover the casserole with aluminum foil and bake until the half-and-half is simmering, the cheese is bubbling and the potatoes are cooked through and very tender when pierced with a small sharp knife, about 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• Remove and reserve the aluminum foil. Use a potato masher to mash the ingredients in the casserole dish until well combined, smooth and fluffy. Fold in the sour cream and season with salt and pepper. Cover the mashed potatoes with the reserved foil and return to the oven until warmed through, about 10 minutes. Top with the chopped chives and a few grinds of pepper.

CREAM CHEESE MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• 1. Peel and boil potatoes.
• 2. Once potatoes are done, drain them and place them in a large bowl.
• 3. Whip hot potatoes with a mixer.
• 4. Add butter, cream cheese, grated onion, salt, and pepper to the potatoes.
• 5. Mix well.
• 6. Pour into a greased 13x9 pan.
• 7. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

CHEESY MASHED POTATOES WITH SOUR CREAM

Steps:

• Boil potatoes for 20 minutes, until fork tender. Strain water and add to the bowl of an electric mixer.
• Add sour cream, chives, butter and cheese.
• Whisk on medium speed for one minute, until smooth and creamy.
• Optionally, top with extra chives in a serving dish.

CREAMY MASHED POTATOES WITH GOAT CHEESE AND FRESH SAGE

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in large saucepan of boiling salted water until tender, about 12 minutes; drain well. Return to same pan. Add cheese, 1/4 cup milk, and butter; mash until smooth. Mix in chopped sage; season to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Rewarm over low heat, thinning with more milk, if too thick.) Mound potatoes in bowl. Garnish with fresh sage sprigs.

BUTTERY MASHED POTATOES WITH CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• Rinse potatoes thoroughly and cut into 2- to 3-inch chunks. Place into a large pot and cover with just enough hot water to be about 1 inch over the top of the potatoes. Bring to a boil.
• Boil until potatoes slide off the end of a fork when poked, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain in a colander and return to the pot.
• Mix in cream cheese, butter, garlic, and salt. Use a potato masher to mash the potatoes, then stir with a wooden spoon to mix thoroughly.

CHEESY MASHED POTATOES WITH SOUR CREAM & BACON

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients until well blended.

THE CREAMIEST, BUTTERIEST, TASTIEST MASHED POTATOES EVER

Steps:

• For the mashed potatoes: Add the potatoes and 1 tablespoon salt to a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook over medium-high heat until fork-tender, about 15 minutes. Drain the potatoes and set aside to dry.
• Whip together the cream cheese and butter in a large bowl with a hand mixer on medium speed until thoroughly blended, about 2 minutes. Add the still-warm potatoes alternating with the half-and-half. Whip until blended. Add in the pepper and garlic and season with salt to taste.
• Grease a 9-by-14-inch glass baking dish with butter and pour the potato mixture into it. Bake right away, or cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days.
• When ready to bake and serve, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• For the topping: Pour the melted butter over the potato mixture and bake until bubbly and slightly golden, about 45 minutes. Garnish with the chives and parsley. The potatoes can be kept warm in a 200-degree oven or tented with foil until ready to serve, up to 2 hours.