When it comes to comfort food, mashed potatoes often top the list. Vegan mashed potatoes are not only delightfully smooth but also bring the heartiness and warmth we adore in traditional recipes. They’re a fantastic alternative for anyone looking to embrace plant-based eating while indulging in home-cooked goodness. Flora is a good palm-oil-free vegan butter.
Read up on food safety for people and pets (many ‘human foods’ including leeks, garlic, onion, chives and salt are unsafe near animal friends). Bin allium & citrus scraps, as acid can harm worms in compost bin).
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).
Simple Vegan Mashed Potato Recipes
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.
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.
What About Instant Mash Potato Mix?
Many students and others choose to buy instant mash potato mix. It’s not very healthy (a mix of dehydrated potato with salt and chemicals) but it does kind of taste okay, but it’s pretty easy to make homemade mash.
In the USA, people can buy Bob’s Red Mill Potato Flakes that also make instant mash, by mixing with boiling water. But this time, they are made with just one ingredient: potatoes.
