Super Amazing Roasted Mashed Potatoes

Tonight I knew I was making something with corn.. I love corn. And what goes better with corn than mashed potatoes?! I love eating a bite of mashed potatoes and corn all in one go. I have an amazing recipe for roasted potatoes.. and I thought to myself.. "hmmm what if I skinned them and then mashed them" and holy moly.. they turned out AMAZING!!! (imagine me saying "amazing" in an opera voice.. cause that's what I just did)

peeled and cut

seasoned and ready to cook

baked to deliciousness

smashed up (to relieve stress)

YUM! Roasted Mashed Potatoes paired up with some sweet corn, and Cheesy Spicy Cajun Chicken (separate recipe)

Anyways.. Here is the super yummy recipe for my roasted mashed potatoes!

Makes about 2-3 servings (very easy to double or tripple the recipe)
Ingredients:

2 large potatoes
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 tsp sea salt
1 tsp ground or freshly cracked black pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
2 Tbsp butter (used after they are baked)

Instructions:

Peel, rinse, and chop your potatoes in to cubes. (I would say about an inch)
Put your cut up potatoes in a bowl and add your olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Mix well and place on a baking sheet sprayed with non stick spray. I also line my baking pans with tin foil.. MUCH easier clean up.
Bake at 350° for 30 minutes.
Once they are done cooking, let them rest for about 5-10 minutes.
Take a pan and start melting your butter over the stove (about med to med-low heat) Add all of your potatoes and just start smushing them. I am not sure what the kitchen tool is called for that.. but the one I am using in the picture works amazing. I just kept on smushing them until they were nice and soft! Of course they arent going to be 100% smooth because of the slightly chewy (and amazing) baked edges.

They should be super flavory, and have a nice rich flavor. The fam loved them and I will totally be making them again! These were served with the Cheesy & Spicy Grilled Cajun Chicken, recipe can be found here http://cookingforthemonster.blogspot.com/2013/08/cheesy-spicy-grilled-cajun-chicken.html

ENJOY! Thanks for reading.

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