Lazy Rustic garlic mashed potatoes 🥔

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier with unsaturated fats.

cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk

Greek yogurt adds creaminess with fewer calories.

Peel the russet potatoes using a green peeler.

Cut the potatoes into even pieces to ensure they cook at the same time.

Place the potatoes in a pot and cover with cold water.

Add a generous amount of salt to the water.

Bring the pot to a boil and cook until the potatoes are fork tender.

Drain the potatoes and let them dry out a bit in the pot.

Add butter to the potatoes while they are still hot to help it melt.

Season the potatoes with salt and pepper to taste.

Chop garlic by breaking off cloves, cutting off the hard ends, and pressing them to remove the skins.

Heat a pan over medium heat and add butter to it.

Add the chopped garlic to the melted butter and cook until it starts to brown, being careful not to burn it.

Add half a liter of cream to the pan with the garlic and butter, allowing it to heat up.

Mash the potatoes using a masher, adding the garlic cream mixture gradually until the desired consistency is reached.

Taste and adjust seasoning with more salt and pepper if needed.

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