The Busy Life of a Single Mom

I really do not like instant potatoes, but when life gets busy, I just simply do not have time to make them from scratch in the evenings. However, after finding this recipe, I realized that we could still have homemade mashed potatoes (and they taste much better than the instant flakes).  Basically what this recipe does is boil your potatoes in the slow cooker (the most time consuming part of making mashed potatoes) while you are away from the kitchen.

Ingredients:

• 8 potatoes, peeled and cut into 1″ chunks (not extra large but fairly good sized potatoes)
• 1/4 cup butter (about 1/2 a stick if you use stick butter)
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• water

Directions:

1. Place potatoe pieces in slow cooker and add enough water to just cover them.
2. Cover and cook on high for 3-5 hours (or until potatoes are very tender, but not watery)
3. Lift potatoes out with a slotted spoon and place into a large bowl.
4. Beat with electric mixer on high speed.
5. Heat milk until skin forms on top (I do this in the microwave while I’m mixing the potatoes)
6. Cut butter into chunks and add to potatoes.
7. Slowly add milk. Continue to beat until creamy.

Note: I also add salt and pepper to taste.

Hope you enjoy this simple recipe.