EASY MEALS WITH MASHED POTATOES
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- Today I'm trying a new convenience item, baby reds instant mashed potatoes and I'm making some delicious and low cost comfort meals with them, including KFC bowls. Mine are plant based but yours don't have to be.
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I keep all flavors of Idahoan instant potatoes in my pantry for those days I don't feel like peeling potatoes or want a quick meal. They're a pantry staple for me I stock up when they're on sale.
I don't know why but I've just never really bought them before. I've definitely been missing out. I'm planning to stock these from now on.
GF folks can use potato flakes to thicken soups, gravies, etc.
yes!
I love that you show different ways to use meat substitutes, thank you! This does look like one of those comfort food meals so likely to appeal to almost anyone :) Please keep up the good work and I hope you are well!
Thank you so much! 💜
When desperate for time use instant potatoes to make potato soup. Shredded carrots, minced onions and garlic plus any leftover veggies (broccoli, corn etc.) or crumbled meat and any cheese.
I get the big boxes of plain potatoes and store the flakes in jars (to keep out bugs). However the Idahoans flavors are just so convenient.
I've got that on my bucket list to try!
I would not have thought of this! So, make the potatoes, add veg, then add broth??? Thanks
@@pennynickels5216 I've used broth instead of water to make the potatoes, just add an extra 1/3 to half a cup, then add more until it's as thin as you prefer.
If I don't have roasted corn, I take a can of corn and rinse it than dry the corn using some paper towel - just to get the access water removed.
I heat up a pan with oil on med. high. Once pan is very hot, I add the corn and spread them out in the pan until they char than stir and char a little longer.
I will be trying these dishes. Many Thanks !!!
Great tip 👍 thanks for sharing and I'm glad you like this video!
Perfect timing! I was just sitting here doing a grocery order and a mashed potato bowl is the perfect thing for these gray, rainy days.
Yay! 😁 Glad you like this!
I am so happy to see so many plant based options. Thank You!
Welcome 😁
I love to keep the instant mashed potatoes and frozen meatballs on hand for the days I don’t have the energy to make whatever was on the meal plan.
Definitely going to be on hand for me from now on too! Sometimes you just need convenience food!
Thank you for the gravy recipe. I am trying to help my dad lower his blood sugar and this will be a great recipe to add to our list. See you next time.
Yay! 😁 Glad you like the meal.
Evaporated milk, unsalted butter, and salt is how I make instant potatoes.
I bet the evaporated milk makes them especially good!
I have been making KFC bowls for my grandkids for awhile, they love them, Love using the instant mashed potatoes, I top cottage pie with them too
yeah I feel like I was late to the party with the KFC bowls. I think I've never tried them because I don't ever stock instant mashed potatoes, but I definitely will be from here on out. I loved those.
We keep those instant mashed potatoes in our camping "pantry," so I forget about them. Great easy ideas for some indulgent comfort food! Who doesn't love gravy?!
agreed 😁 So funny because my oldest son ordered KFC this last weekend and I tried his gravy and my gravy was way better.
I used to love instant mashed potatoes before my diagnosis. I’m going to try this with the plant based Buffalo nuggets and cauliflower mash. I believe it’s going to be amazing.
Please report back to me and let me know if it's good! I was even thinking about half and half might not be too bad carb wise for some people.
Aldi‘s has really great plant-based chicken patties and meatballs and I think the chicken patties taste better than any other brand and the meatballs are very good even though they are not Gardine level. Thanks for another great video😁
Thanks for letting me know! 😁I'll pick some of these up at ALDI next time I shop there.
KFC bowls are great
I love this w/ a side of broccoli or greenies, thanks friend ❤
My pleasure 😊 I agree..that sounds good! Have a great week!
I think I've mentioned this before, my favorite "short-cut" is instant potatoes. I do buy the kind to add milk and butter to, but I've never minded that, those are standard stock in my home. I make so many quick and yummy meals just topping a bowl of mashed potatoes. In our house we even do taco items and chili, cheese and bacon, etc. Anything you'd top a baked potato with, you can top on mashed potatoes. I'm so happy to see this video. I'm glad you liked it. It's going to add quite a handful of quick and easy meals to your repertoire.
yes, I agree...it's going to be a great pantry item.
When you show me those miracle noodles and mashed cauliflower, I remember shredding cabbage/kale into long thin strips to replace carb noodle/pasta dishes. I was just wanting something long to pick up with my chopsticks when I wanted to do low carb at the time. If not satiating enough, I will always have a small scoop of rice to go with it, since my culture is more about white rice with multiple side dishes to go with it.
I like that idea of using the shredded cabbage. I'm a rice lover and I especially love lots of little sides. 🤔 I should do a theme video like this sometimes. Thanks for the idea!
@@ArdentMichelle There are pros and cons with the rice + side dishes. Pros, variety is nice and you can go pretty simple with the side dishes (protein for one, and pickled veggies for another). The con, managing multiple dishes/pots/pans while the rice is cooking in the rice cooker, lol.
My mother/aunt takes up the entire stove/kitchen every night without fail. So I had to invest in a cooking appliance like instant pot, air fryer, etc just to cook my own meals for my work lunches.
The meatballs and mash looks so tasty. My main problem with most foods is that everything is too salty for me. It makes food prep just a bit more time consuming in planning and preparing.
Understood 👍 It's a problem 😂 I love salty food but I'm trying to cut my intake.
Me too.
I like to put chunky vegetable beef soup over than mashed potatoes 🥔
great idea 👍
I do the chicken nuggets in the air fryer.
I love the convenience meals Michelle ❤ please do more of them. Thanks, Penny from Iowa
Welcome! 😁
This looks delicious!
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Simple yet creative. Kudos to you! 🎉
Thank you! 😊
I love using a cornstarch slurry for my gravies!
it's really so much easier than a roux!
Ive never been a fan of instant mashed taters, so when I find potatoes super on sale, i can them in cubes, and have almost instant mashed taters. (Just a tip for others who dont enjoy the instant packs too.)
I love your channel and recipes and have never thought to use the bouillon to make gravy! So smart!!
Thanks so much! 😁 Great idea! Whole potatoes are so cheap right now in my area that they are actually cheaper than instant.
Great ideas!!
I make my own meatballs and we just dug winter red potatoes today, I make my own creamed potatoes.
I also make the chicken nuggets from chicken tenderloins and get my corn for $1, when I make chicken rice and gravy or a roast, I save leftover gravies and freeze and, use on mashed potatoes.
I like the convince of these meals in a pinch.
I like your cooking videos that use meat. Thank You!!
More videos please!
Glad you like my videos. I'm sorry I'm not doing more meat videos. Since I've been working Ive just been filming what I'm eating. I'll try to do more though. Making your own meatballs and chicken nuggets is smart. 👍
The Baby Reds are the BEST in that brand. The other one that comes I. A close second is the buttery potatoes in the same brand. I have tried the flavored ones but I do not like any of those. I ALWAYS have a bag or two of these " baby reds" on hand and I can't wait to try these recipes! Thank you!
Yay! 🥳 I'm glad you like them! Hope you enjoy! Thanks for the tip on the butter ones. I'll try those!
Great ideas. I love to watch you on Sunday
Thanks so much 😊 I'm so glad you enjoy my videos!
I make single serve mashed potatoes all the time when the kids aren’t home for dinner using a peel microwaved potato in a bowl.Six minutes…after taking out add a spoon of sour cream,spoon of cream cheese, butter and a splash of milk to a micro-ed potato and mash with fork. You’d don’t even need the sour cream or cream cheese but it gives it a silken texture
That works 👍 I haven't done this in awhile. I need to try this!
I really like that brand of mashed potatoes. I use it because it is already flavored and does not need as much cream or butter. It is dehydrated potato flakes. I know how to make gravy both ways and use each differently. Like for a pan sauce after browning meat a roux is best.
I agree on the mashed potatoes, plus a big time saver not having to add in milk and butter.
Hi Michelle❤ This looks really good. Sometimes you want what you want, not just because it’s on sale. Comfort food is a necessity on occasion 😊. But that being said, these costs weren’t bad at all!! You outdid yourself again. Well done. ☮️🩷
Well said! Sometimes you're just tired too! 😂
I make these a couple of times a month for my teenager.
lucky kid!
I am definitely going to make some mashed potato bowls for my guys here. I am one of those folks who does not like my food mixed, so I will eat my components separately ;) If you can, do try a smaller pack of the potatoes before you order the big boxes. I love the Idahoan brand "baby reds" and the garlic ones too, but I bought one of the large cartons from Sam's, and we weren't fans... it took us forever to finish it. Thanks for sharing, look forward to your next episode.😀
Thanks for the tip on trying the potatoes first. 😁 Probably a very good idea!
A package of easy noodles with the taters and meatballs would also be quick and amazing!
True 👍
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A really great thickener I use is psyllium husk
And it’s also a product that’s good for you
that's a bonus when it's good for you 👍 I haven't seen it in the stores, I'll have to keep an eye out for it.
I love ( homemade ) KFC bowls! 🥰
Can't believe this was my first time making them! I've been missing out!
These look delicious! I’m leaning towards more vegetarian meals than meat lately, hubby not so much, but I’ve been having issues with eating meat. I enjoy watching your videos to get ideas on ways I can make myself a meal while not breaking the bank. Thank you for everything you do and share.
I actually just made vegan tacos for dinner last night and hubby loved them, probably because I didn’t tell him it was vegan. I used the morning star farms crumbles. I’ve used that before in meals and he’s never complained, even when he knows about it. I always add a jar of salsa in while everything is simmering together. At the end I mix in some vegetarian refried beans, let them cook a bit, then serve with dorito type tortilla chips.
😂 that's so funny! I used to do the same thing to my sons. They couldn't tell the difference.
I'm so glad you enjoy my videos and that they are helpful. I just made a DELICIOUS meal for this next video. I'm hoping you'll like it.
Have you ever tried brown gravy over French fries? Oh so good! I use it on homemade fries or frozen crinkle cut or steak potato wedges.
yes. 👍 I was in Canada for a summer one year and had them lots. I really should make them again though. Thanks for the reminder
Nothing better in instant potatoes than Idahoan--cheap and several flavors--and fast and good and easy...it doesn't get better than that...I even eat them plain for a lunch...that good, yes...dts/usa
If I get tired of a soup for lunch, I may substitute in a bag or half bag of Idahoan potatoes as a hot lunch...dts/usa
you can also cook your chicken nuggets in an air fryer--easy--and use the 4 cheese potatoes flavor to boost the flavor (Idahoan has like six or eight different flavors)...dts/usa
I'm definitely looking for faster meals for myself these days!
Wow, they’ve really gone up in price. I remember when they were around a dollar. Sometimes you could get them on sale for less than a dollar.
yeah I'm wondering how much they would be on sale here. I'm going to keep an eye out for them.
Those meals look really good! U use those packs of mashed potatoes all the time. So quich and easy and very good.
I feel like they taste so much better than they did 10 years ago....which is why I never stocked them in my pantry. But these were very tasty.
Great video and the value or price was good.
Thank you 😁 Glad you like my video!
Absolutely delicious I love making big KFC casseroles with leftovers mainly it saves a lot of money and everybody loves it great big hugs 🖤
Thanks so much! 😁 Can't believe I had never made them before.
Out of the park again! Good job! I'm going to try it, thanks.
Yay! 😁 Hope you enjoy!
I just went shopping yesterday and the company that makes that bullion also makes a gravy which is super delicious. You might want to try it.!
interesting. I'll keep an eye out for it..
I grew up with "Smash" which was revolting (although the advert with the Smash Aliens was great!). When Idahoan arrived in the UK, it was a revelation! I'll try and remember to bring some Idahoan Bubble and Squeak flavour with me next time I come to the States and I can post it to you.
I just looked up smash. 😂 I had never heard of it before. I remember some kind of mashed potatoes that weren't very good, which is why I think I hadn't tried the instant for so long. However, they've come a long way with the Idahoan.
@@ArdentMichelle "For Mash Get Smash"!
Great idea adding the meatballs to the mashed potatoes. I'll have to try that if I can find the vegetarian kind.
I look forward to your video each week. It's one of my weekly highlights.
awe.... I appreciate that 💜 Glad you like this weeks meals!
Sunday is a better day seeing your video pop up in you tube. Yum comfort food. Quick and easy. Instant taters well I love taters 😆. It’s a nice pantry item for occasional use. Gravy I personally prefer to start with a roux and a potato starch can be used for a gluten free alternative. Corn starch is something I thy and not use for healthy reasons. Morning star products are a favorite but I like the nuggets more. They help me satisfy my craving for McDonald’s. Thank you 😊 💟
awe..💜 always making me smile. 😁 Glad you like today's video. I miss McDonald's fries. Last time I went through the drive through they were five bucks and soggy. I was so mad 😂
Thank you 😊 you made me smile and laugh and say awe 🫢. Soggy fries 🍟 😭. I wanted McDonald’s today. I had a fit one day when I said I would treat if we got something small. I will have to tell you sometime about taking someone for a small snack 😆. My snack was 4 bucks😆. I flipped when I saw the price of a large fry. She wasn’t sharing 😂 and a Big Mac Yikes.😳. I blew a gasket 🌋. I am standing strong today no fast food. I will be having some soup from the freezer. Thank you my friend.
I guess great minds do think alike! I made a homemade KFC bowl after work just a few days ago! I am going to try those meatballs.
This was my first time making them....but it definitely won't be my last. I loved both of these meals enough to keep the ingredients on hand.
Thanks for the great and easy dinner ideas!
Glad you like them!
Oh those looked good! I’m out of chicken nuggets, but I have a few frozen meatballs and I have BTB too! I think I know what my dinner is going to be.
Yay! 😁 I'm happy to have inspired this evenings dinner!
I like the recreation of KFC the most. I have had great success using lentils to stretch ground meat. As usual, good job. It is best to use home mashed potatoes. I have to limit salt due to lymphedema. ❤😊❤
Oddly enough...I can make mashed potatoes from whole potatoes right now cheaper than I can buy mashed potatoes, but that's not usually the case. I definitely understand about the salt!
Mushrooms are also a great meat stretcher and or substitute.
This is nice!
Thank you 😁
If you ever have more time to make the kfc bowl, try chicken fried tofu! Goodness, once it fried with that fried chicken coating, freaking delicious! It’s been a few years since I’ve done it, but this video reminded me about it lol Yum!
Oh I bet that IS good! Yum! 😋
This is really great, it has been so many years since I used prepared mashed potatoes that I was not thinking of them at all, but now I want to try them again seeing the dishes you made. I am always looking for food items for "disaster stocking", we have been warned that in this area a very big earthquake is expected and have in stock at least 3 months worth of food supplies and other items. These mashed potatoes would be perfect for that. Great to see you try the corn starch gravy; corn starch is something that keeps pretty near indefinitely and easy to cook with. Thank you for the ideas and also doing the cost breakdowns, always savings minded :)
Thanks for giving me the idea to make cornstarch gravy 😁 It was somewhere on the news today about a fault line in California and a possible earthquake coming. I think we would all do best to have a good emergency supply of food! Have a great rest of your week!
@@ArdentMichelle I am glad you gave it a try... yes, emergency preparedness for possible disasters is a big thing these days. Where I am in Portland, Oregon, a very large EQ is expected any time :( up to 9 point, there has been a lot of organization going on trying to be prepared. We are told to keep a minimum of 3 days water for each member of the family, plus all other supplies, meds, etc.. and preferably 3 months supply for each member of the household.. And, be informed, make plans and be ready. Kind of scary to think about it. Hopefully we will never have to face it. But, some foods keep indefinitely, it is a good idea to put some of those aside, little by little budget wise.
Great idea making a KFC bowl. Wish I had thought of it. Lol. And that's why we watch your Channel. ❤ Can't go wrong with comfort food meals, as we all need them now and again.
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Good morning! 😁 Same to you!
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Hi great meals, I carnt fine your other channel. From Michelle in Australia
Thanks so much!
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I changed my roux's flour to cornstarch for my son who needs to go GF, as I have always thickened gravy with cornstarch anyway. I search for GF bouillon. Better than Bouillon has modified food starch, and I am not fond of the soy in it.
Better than bullion is so good. I used to be an onion soup user but switched to this product. Very good.
agreed 👍 It's tasty!
What other things do you guys make with the potatoes??? Ive never tried them. 😊 thanks
I have diabetes and potatoes are limited f9r me. However, some great recipes❤
can you make the version that I mentioned with the cauliflower mash? Or setting them on top of the low carb noodles?
@ArdentMichelle going to try!
Just loved it they discontinued it in South africa
I saw that they have a new bowl with French fries piled on top!
I forgot to mention that Aldi sells gluten free chicken nuggets.
good to know! Thanks for sharing!
I was wondering if any Aussies know if that last pack of pure instant mash ie no milk or butter, is available in Australia. Maybe Costco?
Im vegan and use a more expensive brand from the Vegan Store in Glebe, Sydney.
Hopefully someone will chime in on this.
I love your videos, but I am homeless so I can not do anything with a oven
understood. 👍 Are you living in a car with a power source? If so, you could cook the vegan chicken patties in a pan.
This may sound silly, but what is your other channel?
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I've been posting the individual recipes there so that they are easier to find. I still have a lot more to post though.
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Don't take this personal, but the ingredient list of those "potatoes" reads almost like my shampoo, just with a lot more preservatives. I think what you can save in time, effort and money you will spend later at a Dr's office. Potatoes are a very affordable ingredient - right now I see 10lbs bags of Russets for as low as $2 on sale. Boiling and mashing them will only take like 10 minutes extra but you have something with ingredients you know and can pronounce. Well, to each his own and of course everyone can do as they please but I'll always opt for the real thing - particularly in a case like this where the price difference is minimal.