Cover the pot and leave the potatoes over medium heat until soft, about 30-45 minutes. When they are soft, turn off the heat, remove the potatoes and garlic from the liquid, and place them in a bowl.

Instant mashed potatoes, for example, will never do you wrong. While campfire gumbo might boil over into flames and skillet bacon may get charred to bits, potatoes rarely fail.

The air fryer cooks baby potatoes in a flash I made a stellar bowl of chunky-smooth mashed potatoes, and all I needed to get that homemade flavor and experience was an added handful of tiny baby ...

Honorable Mention: 365 by Whole Foods Market Instant Mashed Potatoes You need only a handful of ingredients (water, butter, and milk) to transform these potato flakes into an incredibly silky ...

• “Chopping raw potatoes and mashing the pieces once they’re cooked takes longer than opening a box of flakes and stirring them into hot water.” Not much longer for the latter activity, at ...

Flavor-wise, plain instant mashed potatoes, like the ones favored by Jacques Pépin, add a mild earthy taste to your soup, but if you're creative, they can add much more.

Cheesy Spinach Casserole with a Mashed Potato Crust Ingredients for the crust: 1 ⅓ cups instant mashed potato flakes 2 tablespoons butter, melted ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup hot water ⅓ cup grated ...

No need to take up space on your stove with a huge pot when you can make Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes instead. It’s just as easy, perhaps more so, to make them in your Instant Pot.