Mshed potatoes: Many people love them, they are such a classic comfort food, there are so many different ways to flavour them and spruce them up, and they are quick and easy to make. Did you get that, I said THEY ARE QUICK AND EASY TO MAKE. So, why is it then, that so many people insist on preparing "mashed potaoes" by using a boxed mix?!?! How hard is it to buy a bag of potatoes, take them home, peel them, and wash them; then put them in a pot of water, boil them, and squash them to smithereens (the best part!)? Having to use a boxed mix to make mashed potatoes uneconomical, unhealthy, and unneccesary. Making mashed potatoes is probably one of the quickest and easiest parts of creating a meal (unless the rest of the meal comes from a box too).
Boxed mashed potato mixes do contain potato, dried of course, but also contain many, many unneccesary and unhealthy additives. This list includes, but is not limited to, sugar, salt, hydrogenated fats, preservatives, colour, artificial flavour, maltodextrin, MSG, diglycerides, and silicon dioxide. And this is before you add your own milk, cream, butter, cheese, or whatever else. Is this really what you want to be eating, when all you wanted was to cook up a nice vegetable side dish for your family?
And those bags of frozen potaotes where all you have to do is steam and mash them? They drive me crazy too. "All that peeling and cutting, and peeling and cutting, and peeling and cutting...." It's really not that hard. This stuff just really gets my goat! So do me, yourself, your family, and your wallet a favor, and buy real, fresh potatoes and prepare them from scratch! PLEASE!
“Potatoes.” http://www.bettycrocker.com/products/potatoes. Betty Crocker n.d. Thursday, August 4, 2011.
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