{"id":605,"date":"2014-11-10T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T18:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/?p=605"},"modified":"2014-11-08T12:05:39","modified_gmt":"2014-11-08T18:05:39","slug":"easy-mashed-potatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/archives\/605","title":{"rendered":"Easy Mashed Potatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This may come as no surprise to anyone else, but I recently learned that the fastest and most cost-effective way to make mashed potatoes is to buy whole potatoes in the can. I store them in the pantry and can whip up a batch of mashed potatoes with no pre-planning. I love that!<\/p>\n

All you have to do is heat up the pre-cooked potatoes, drain them, and add butter, milk, and\/or sour cream and mash those babies up. Look, the recipe is even on the back of the can!<\/p>\n

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Sure, it’s cheaper if you buy a bag of potatoes, peel them, and boil them, but who has time for that these days? Even if I use two cans of whole potatoes (which serves at least 4 people) I’m still saving at least a dollar, if not more, versus buying the frozen Steam and Mash potatoes from Ore-Ida. Plus I’m not taking up valuable space in the freezer. I can’t believe I didn’t think of this sooner!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This may come as no surprise to anyone else, but I recently learned that the fastest and most cost-effective way to make mashed potatoes is to buy whole potatoes in the can. I store them in the pantry and can whip up a batch of mashed potatoes with no pre-planning. I love that! All you …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Easy Mashed Potatoes http:\/\/wp.me\/p3SUar-9L","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frugality","category-recipes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t