Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Take your mashed potatoes over the top with roasted garlic! Mashed potatoes can get boring. Why not change it up once in a while? If you're a garlic lover like I am, you're going to want to keep this in your collection of go-to recipes.

2 lbs. (5 or 6) white potatoes, peeled and cut into 2 inch pieces
1 tsp. salt
4 T butter
2 heads roasted garlic (recipe follows)
1/2 cup milk or more if needed
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper

In a saucepan, cover potatoes with cold water. Add salt. Bring to a boil over medium hight heat. Boil until tender when pierced with a knife, about 20 minutes. Drain and return to the hot pan. Add the butter and garlic; mash with a potato masher. Stir in milk and salt and pepper. Add more milk if needed to the consistency desired.

Serves 4


Roasted Garlic

When roasted, garlic becomes sweet and spreadable. We're using it here for mashed potatoes, but the uses for it are endless! Use it in sauces, gravies, dips and spreads, salad dressings or just spread it on a cracker all by itself!


Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
Cut the top off of a head of garlic, place it on a piece of aluminum foil.. Drizzle some extra virgin olive oil over it and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Wrap tightly in the foil and roast in the oven for 30 to 45 minutes, or until soft.
Let it cool enough to handle, then just squeeze the cloves out of the skin. Mash with a fork and use in your favorite recipe.