This 5-ingredient (vegan) mashed potato recipe (Broke Bank Vegan) is a simple recipe, to serve with a veggie roast. Potatoes are mixed with olive oil (or rapeseed) oil, plant milk, cheesy-tasting nutritional yeast and and salt/pepper.
Read up on food safety for people & pets (many ‘human foods’ like garlic and salt are unsafe near animal friends). If giving pets an occasional treat, just feed plain mash potato. Never give mashed potato to garden birds or wildlife as it contains salt (and fat could smear on feathers, affecting waterproofing & insulation).
It’s worth investing in a good potato masher, as the difference (just like vegetable peelers) will inspire you to cook homemade, and you’ll never go back. Quality brands use fine grids to mash potatoes with no lumps, and have handles to absorb pressure (good for arthritic hands). Find them in good kitchen stores.
5-ingredient mashed sweet potato recipe
This 5-ingredient mashed sweet potato recipe (Broke Bank Vegan) is a simple recipe, to serve with your veggie roast dinner. Sweet potatoes are mixed with olive oil (or use rapeseed oil), plant milk, garlic powder and salt/pepper.
Creamy swede carrot mash with garlic butter (The Veg Space) is a colourful nutritious alternative. Great with vegan sausages and gravy, cheap and almost half the calories/carbs of white potatoes.
Butter bean mash (The Veg Space) is super-simple to make. All you need are tinned butter (or canneloni) beans, vegan butter, veggie stock and a lemon. Serve with vegan sausages and gravy.
A popular breakfast these days is ‘avocado on toast’ but there are various ethical issues due to monocultures that cause deforestation and water shortages. Instead, try making your own butter bean mash on toast, as a tasty local alternative. This recipe blends roasted garlic and tomato with drained (rinsed) butter beans, lemon juice, oil, salt and pepper. Serve on toast with fresh basil, a pinch of pepper and a drizzle of oil. You can store leftover ‘mash’ in the fridge for a few days, in an airtight container.
creamy vegan mash (with peas & carrots)
This creamy mash with peas and carrots (ElaVegan) is made with fresh carrots, peas, sweetcorn, cauliflower, garlic and onions. The creamy sauce is made with oat cream and spiced with pepper, chilli flakes and Dijon mustard. A few people with hypothyroidism (or pollen allergies) may need to avoid carrots.
