The point to this recipe is not that it is all that much different and spectacular but that with some of the staples you already keep around the pantry you can easily make a yummy side-dish to go with just about any main dish. It's inexpensive, filling and not altogether bad for you either.
Budget Tip
Potatoes are cheap! Enough said!
Suggested Ingredients
Red Potatoes
Parsley
1 - 2 garlic cloves, minced
fat free sour cream
1 - 2 TBSP real butter
Parmesan Cheese (the shaker kind) (optional)
Suggested Cooking Method
Do not peel the potatoes but be sure to wash them off. Cut the potatoes up into medium size cubes. I usually slice the potatoes long-wise, then place the potato face down on the flat cut part, then make 3 long-wise cuts. Then turn the knife short-wise and cut the slices into cubes. (I'm saving for a camera, I promise - unless someone cares to donate an old one they aren't using any longer) Boil the potatoes until they are just done - not too soft and not too hard. Drain and put back into the pot. Smash the potatoes preferably with a smasher utensil but a large fork will work too.
Once the potatoes are coarsely smashed, add in the rest of the ingredients to taste. The sour cream is meant to take the place of milk and it really gives them that baked potato taste. Now, you'll notice that I said to use real butter. The reason being if you are only using a small amount of butter, you might as well get all the yummy flavor of it. Otherwise, if you are watching cholesterol and/or fat and calories, use a substitute that you like. Or, heck, add more sour cream and no butter at all! The Parmesan cheese really is there to give it a bit more flavor and in fact if you want to make it even more baked potato-like, feel free to add some bacon, or in my case, turkey bacon crumbles.
Once you have it all mixed together, just put it on the stove on medium heat for a few minutes to bring it up to temperature.
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