Quick Spinach And Mashed Potatoes Recipes

SPINACH MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Place the potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water; cover and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until very tender. Drain well and place in a bowl; mash. Add the sour cream, butter, sugar, salt, pepper and dill; mix well. Stir in spinach., Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or cheese is melted.

SALLY'S SPINACH MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a medium casserole dish.
• Cook spinach according to package directions. Place potatoes in a pot with enough water to cover, and bring to a boil. Cook 15 minutes, or until tender but firm. Drain, cool slightly, and mash.
• In a bowl, mix the spinach, mashed potatoes, butter, sour cream, onion, salt, and dill. Transfer to the prepared casserole dish. Top with Cheddar cheese.
• Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until bubbly and lightly brown.

MASHED POTATOES WITH SPINACH AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Dice the potatoes coarsely and boil them until tender.
• While the potatoes are boiling, render the bacon slowly. When it starts to brown add the spinach, raise the heat and evaporate all of the liquid.
• Drain the potatoes and mash them with stock or heavy cream until you have the desired consistency. Fold in spinach and bacon and add cheese to taste. Season with salt and pepper.
• Reheat leftovers in a microwave oven or in a double boiler.

GARLIC MASHED POTATOES WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a pot and cover with water. Salt water and boil potatoes until tender 12 to 15 minutes.
• Squeeze the water from spinach in a clean dish towel.
• Drain potatoes and melt butter in the hot pot, then add the garlic and cook 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in cream, add the spinach, separating the greens as you do. Season greens with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Add potatoes to the pot and mash to desired consistency.

QUICK SPINACH AND MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Peel and large dice the potatoes.
• Place in large pot, add enough water to cover potaotes by two inches. Bring to a boil, turn down to medium and cook until fork-tender.
• Drain cooked potatoes and return to hot pot. Turn heat to lowest setting.
• Add butter and mash well or leave with small lumps.
• Combine rest of ingredients and blend. Heat through.
• Serve hot.
• This makes a nice lunch. Serve with chilled sliced beef tomatoes topped with salt and pepper to taste and sprinkle with grated cheese as desired.

INSTANT SPINACH MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine spinach, 1/4 cup of water and 1 tsp salt. Cook, covered 10 minutes or until tender.
• Drain well.
• In a saucepan combine 1 1/3 cups water with milk and margarine with 1/2 tsp salt.
• Bring to boiling and remove from heat. Stir in potato flakes. Stir together cooked spinach, potato mixture and bacon pieces.
• Turn mixture into a 1 quart baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese.
• Place under broiler for 1-2 minutes or till cheese melts.

SPINACH-INFUSED MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Place the potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and allow to steam dry for a minute or two.
• Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the red and yellow bell pepper, and cook until the peppers begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Stir in the flour, and cook for 3 minutes more. Pour in the chicken broth, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer gently for 15 minutes. Season to taste with black pepper.
• Once the potatoes have finished draining, return them to the pot along with the baby spinach, Parmesan cheese, bacon bits, and garlic; mash until smooth. Fold in the butter and cream until incorporated and season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve the mashed potatoes alongside the bell pepper gravy.

FREEZER MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or until tender. Drain. , In a large bowl, mash potatoes with butter. Beat in the sour cream, cream cheese, onion powder, salt and pepper. Transfer 1-1/2 cups to a 2-cup baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until heated through. , Cool remaining mashed potatoes. Freeze in 1-1/2-cup portions for up to 6 months., To use frozen potatoes: Thaw in the refrigerator. Bake as directed.

POTATO SPINACH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 2 quart casserole dish.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and mash.
• In a large bowl combine mashed potatoes, spinach, sour cream, butter, green onions, salt and pepper. Spoon into prepared dish.
• Bake for 15 minutes. Top with cheese and bake 5 minutes longer.