Meet your new weeknight staple: 3-ingredient cream cheese mashed potatoes. These decadent yet simple creamy mashed potatoes are so easy to whip up and so delicious, you'll have to stop yourself from making them every night.
They're a tasty side dish for almost any meal, and the two ingredients besides potatoes are breakfast staples you might already have in your fridge. So if you're wandering the grocery aisles and wondering what you're going to serve with dinner, grab some Yukon gold potatoes!
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Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes
1 ½ pounds Yukon gold potatoes
6 ounces cream cheese
¾ cup half-and-half
Salt and pepper to taste
6 ounces cream cheese
¾ cup half-and-half
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
1. Roughly cube the potatoes. Add them to a large pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over a high heat and cook for 2025 minutes, or until tender all the way through. Drain the potatoes and return them to the pot.
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2. Add the cream cheese and half-and-half, a bit at a time, and mash until creamy and the desired thickness (if the potatoes are still too thick, continue adding half-and-half until the desired consistency is reached). Season with salt and pepper and serve immediately.