{"id":7084,"date":"2019-02-01T13:12:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T20:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/?p=7084"},"modified":"2019-02-01T13:12:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T20:12:53","slug":"garlic-parmesan-instant-mashed-potatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/garlic-parmesan-instant-mashed-potatoes.html","title":{"rendered":"Garlic Parmesan Instant Mashed Potatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Instant potatoes get fancy!\u00a0 No harm in a little help making good food.\u00a0\u00a0You really can liven up instant mashed potatoes and make them taste a whole lot better without spending any extra time.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 c instant mashed potato flakes<\/li>\n<li>2 c water<\/li>\n<li>2 Tbs butter<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd &#8211; 1 tsp garlic powder (to taste)<\/li>\n<li>\u00be c heavy cream (you can also use milk)<\/li>\n<li>\u2153 c shredded or grated Parmesan cheese<\/li>\n<li>3 Tbs chopped fresh chives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In a medium saucepan, heat the water, garlic powder and butter just until boiling.<\/li>\n<li>Remove from heat and stir in the milk.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Add the potato flakes, Parmesan cheese and chives.<\/li>\n<li>Gently stir and fluff with a fork to remove any lumps.<\/li>\n<li>Serve and enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Serves:\u00a0<\/strong> 6<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Recipe by Moms Need To Know<\/p>\n<p>Quick and easy tips that make the potatoes taste more &#8220;real&#8221;.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Replace the water:<\/span> Try chicken broth, milk, half and half, or dilute evaporated milk.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Make it thicker:<\/span>\u00a0 The easiest way to thickent the potatoesis to\u00a0 add more potatoes &#8211; ie. a can of diced potatoes, leftover baked potatoes (scoop out the pulp), or even more potato flakes.\u00a0 Mayonnaise, sour cream, cream cheese or plane yogurt will\u00a0thicken the potatoes while providing a rich, tangy flavor. If you decide to add any of these, start with a little less water than called for on the box.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stir in some flavor:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Minced garlic or garlic powder enhances potatoes, especially when followed by a healthy sprinkling of shredded cheese.\u00a0 Bottled ranch dressing or dry ranch dressing mix offers a zesty kick. Other favorites are dill, chives and crumbled bacon. If all else fails, top them with lots of butter, sprinkle with salt and pepper and drench them with gravy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instant potatoes get fancy!\u00a0 No harm in a little help making good food.\u00a0\u00a0You really can liven up instant mashed potatoes and make them taste a whole lot better without spending any extra time. Ingredients: 2 c instant mashed potato flakes 2 c water 2 Tbs butter \u00bd &#8211; 1 tsp garlic powder (to taste) \u00be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/garlic-parmesan-instant-mashed-potatoes.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Garlic Parmesan Instant Mashed Potatoes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-7084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegetables","tag-koa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7084"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7116,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084\/revisions\/7116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}