Monday, April 29, 2013

Cheesy Baked Mash


About 10 years ago, I created this recipe for my daughter who was a picky eater.  I love this dish because it’s different from your typical mashed potatoes and is really easy to make.

6 Yukon Gold potatoes
½ teaspoon of salt
¼ cup milk
1 tablespoons of margarine
½ cup of grated cheddar cheese
¼ onion (blended or chopped fine)
1 cup of baby spinach
Cooking spray

 

Preheat oven on 350 degrees.  Put a large pot of water on the stove to boil on high (approx. 2 quarts) add salt to water.  Peel potatoes and cut into eighths. Add potatoes to boiling water and turn stove temperature down to medium. Cook for 10 to 15 minute. Using a steamer, steam spinach for 3 minutes.  To test whether the potatoes are cooked, take a fork and stick in a piece of the potato, if the fork goes in easy and potato breaks then it's cooked. Drain potatoes and put in a large bowl.  Add butter.  Using a fork, press potatoes to get out the lumps and mix in the butter.  Add milk, onions, cheese and spinach and blend with a mixer until smooth. Grease dish with cooking spray and pour mixture in 9x9 baking dish. Use fork to even the mixture and make a pattern.  Bake on 350 degrees for a total of 50 minutes until golden brown.
 

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