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This is to a greater extent than of an consider than a recipe. It’s a uncomplicated as well as basic mixture that starts amongst leftovers, has a bazillion variations, as well as has been about every bit long every bit mashed potatoes. Some people telephone band them patties, some telephone band them cakes. Whatever you lot telephone band them is fine, only don’t forget nearly them when you lot uncovering yourself amongst a bowl of left over mashed potatoes.
Are you lot making mashed potatoes for the holidays this year? Have you lot consider nearly making a trivial extra only inwards case? These are a keen side or tin hold out served amongst an egg on top for breakfast.
What produce you lot similar on your potato? A trivial ranch dressing? Ketchup? Gravy? Maybe a light sprinkle of body of body of water common salt as well as chopped light-green onions?
I bet these would hold out skillful amongst a trivial cheddar cheese mixed inwards earlier cooking. I added chopped sugariness onion because that’s the means my mom did it. I shout out back eating these when I was immature as well as looked frontwards to it amongst keen anticipation.
Being a child of the depression my mom ever used leftovers for something. Nothing went to waste. If she had a spoonful of corn, peas or light-green beans she would drib them all together inwards a freezer container amongst all the other leftover vegetables. When it was fourth dimension to brand soup she would convey out the frozen layers of vegetables as well as add together it to the pot. Nothing edible was thrown away as well as it all tasted great.
These brought dorsum some memories. I don’t believe I’ve eaten them inwards over xx years but they were all the same only every bit skillful every bit I remembered. The exterior is a trivial crispy, the pump is creamy, low-cal as well as fluffy as well as steaming hot!
Mashed Potato Cakes
(Recipe every bit remembered from my Mom)
Measurements are estimated depending on the amount of left over potatoes you lot accept on hand:
4 cups mutual frigidity mashed potatoes
1/4 loving cup finely chopped sugariness onion
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 loving cup all role flour
salt as well as pepper to taste
Canola or other vegetable petroleum for cooking
Place the flour, common salt as well as pepper inwards a bowl for dredging. In some other minor bowl whisk the eggs until lightly beaten.
Mix the mashed potatoes as well as onion together inwards a large bowl. Add petroleum to a large skillet (just plenty to barely encompass the bottom) as well as oestrus on medium heat. Make a ball of potatoes using around 1/2 loving cup of the mixture. Do non flatten it to much. It should hold out similar a rattling thick hockey puck.
Dredge the murphy ball inwards the flour, thus the egg mixture as well as dorsum into the flour again. Fry each cake until lightly browned on both sides. Gently press the murphy cake amongst a spatula but non likewise thin. Do non over-crowd the pan, cooking a few at a time. Remove the cooked cakes to a newspaper towel lined plate as well as proceed warm. Serve amongst your favorite toppings such every bit light-green onions, hot sauce, cheese, salsa, ketchup, gravy or ranch dressing. It’s all good!
The mashed potatoes were left over from a birthday dinner for my married adult man as well as son. Their birthdays are ii days apart thus nosotros oftentimes celebrate them together when nosotros can. They requested a dinner of mashed potatoes as well as their favorite meatloaf. If you lot haven’t checked out this recipe – you’re going to dear it!
I accept keen plans for cooking this weekend. Hopefully I’ll larn it all done as well as the laundry too. I promise you lot accept a wonderful autumn weekend as well as thank you lot thus much for stopping by!
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