Name: Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 140 min
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients: 2 1/2 to 3 pounds red potatoes; 24 ounces vegetable broth (low sodium if you'd like to watch your intake); 3 tablespoons dairy free butter; 1/4 cup dairy free milk; 1/4 cup vegetable broth (reserved); 1 teaspoon sea salt; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

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Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes makes life a little easier. Red potatoes cook in a vegetable broth then a few more additions and voila – The Perfect side dish.

Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes in a pale green pottery bowl over beige linen napkin.

Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes makes life a little easier. You still have to peel the potatoes but what is great is that you can walk away and let the crock~pot do the cooking.

You take a nice milder potato, like a red potato, to make a side dish that is special. The potatoes cook in a vegetable broth which adds lots of flavor.

After a couple of hours there is a little bit of preparation and then your special side dish can be held in the slow cooker for up to 2 hours. That really does make life nicer.

You could even go rustic and lightly mash the potatoes so that there are, kind of, small chunks. That is really good too.

Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes at an overhead view of a pale green pottery bowl full of soft creamy mashed potatoes.

Our dinners are very much like multiple side dishes. It really is fun this way – sort of like ordering appetizers for your dinner in restaurants.

In fact, that has become a thing with me. Well, wait. I need to back up a bit.

We really don’t go out to dinner too often. Like never. That’s what I get for actually liking to cook!

When we eat out it is always for lunch when we go to the ‘big city’ and have a shopping day. So, I order appetizers for lunch.

Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes and an overhead view in a crockpot with peeled red potatoes waiting to have other ingredients added.

But now – Back to the multiple sides for dinner – at home.

Start with beautiful pared and chopped red potatoes. Load them in the crockpot then –

Just add broth, cook a couple of hours and follow the directions below to turn out some easy and creamy mashed potatoes.

You may ask what is another side dish/appetizer that would go well with these potatoes? My list is long but one is fresh on my mind because I just put it on the blog last week.

It’s these Crescent Roll Pesto Appetizers. What a great match. Check them out and they are super easy to make.

Healthy Crescent Roll Pesto Appetizers are standing up ton end in a wide mouth clear drinking glass. A stack of the remaining finger food are on a cutting board behind.

Can You Freeze Mashed Potatoes?

Yes! I’ve done it often.
IF FREEZING:
Pack into a rigid sided freezer safe container and lid. Freeze up to 4 months.
TO PREPARE AFTER FREEZING:
Put in the fridge the day before serving. After defrosting the liquid may separate from the mashed potatoes somewhat but that is no big deal. Non-dairy milk tends to do this more than dairy milk.
Just remix and heat. Heat in a microwave on high, stirring about every 2 minutes until heated through. Serve up and it will be delicious!
Just like it was freshly made.

Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes fluffy and piled high in a green pottery bowl and holding a large serving spoon.

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With these mashed potatoes I would probably serve a big green salad full of goodies, baked mushrooms stuffed with lentils and then a simple veggie like carrots or peas.

Plenty of food, lots of nourishment, a big variety, and good eating.

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