Left Over Bowl Of Mashed Potatoes

THE LEFT OVER BOWL OF MASHED POTATOES

Good And Hot Mashed Potatoes With Gravy Sound Good Last Night Meal..But Leftover Hum!???

What to do with them? I have some plans for those last night side of Potatoes. Everyone love mashed Potatoes and Gravy. Sooooo sometime you cook way too many. Don't push them to the side and forget about them because they are leftovers. I got recipes on the way.

 NUMBER 1 

CHEESY LEFTOVER MASHED POTATO PANCAKES

3 cups chilled leftover mashed potatoes

1/2 cup Sharp shredded cheddar cheese

2 Tablespoons chopped scallions

1 egg beaten

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

3 tablespoon self-raising flour

Canola oil for pan-frying


DIRECTIONS:

In a large bowl, stir together the mashed potatoes, cheese, scallions, egg and 3 tablespoons self-raising flour until combined.

Using your hands, divide the mixture into 12 portions. Roll each portion into a compact ball then flatten it into a pancake about a 1/2-inch-thick.

Place the remaining 1/2 cup of flour in a shallow dish and carefully dredge each pancake in the flour.

Heat 3 to 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. (Add enough oil to thoroughly coat the bottom of the pan.)

Fry the pancakes, in batches, until they're golden brown and crispy on both sides, 3 to 4 minutes. Add more oil to the pan as needed between batches. (Do not overcrowd the pan).

Now you can add the left over gravy over them and make another great side.

                                      

NUMBER 2

Bake Potatoes

Ingredients:


4 cups leftover mashed potatoes

4 chopped green onions

black pepper and salt to taste

1/2 cup sour cream

4 slices bacon, fried until crisp and crumbled

1/2 cup grated old cheddar cheese

1 stick butter


Directions:


Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Lightly grease baking dish and adding leftover potatoes adding black pepper to taste. melt butter and pour over potatoes.spread sour cream on top of potatoes.now add cheese on top.next add crumbled bacon and green onions bake until cheese is melted.

NUMBER 3

SHEPHERD PIE

Topping

6 cup left over potatoes

1/2 butter

2 garlic cloves, minced

2/3 cup whole milk

3/4 cups (packed) coarsely grated kasseri cheese

salt and pepper to taste


Topping

Melt butter medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add garlic. Sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add milk mixture and mashed potatoes until just smooth. Stir in cheese.

Drop potatoes over filling by heaping tablespoonfuls, covering completely.
Bake pie until filling is heated through and topping is golden, about 45 minutes.
Garnish with fresh oregano.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 onion, diced

2 stalks celery, diced

2 cloves garlic, crushed

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1 tablespoon tomato paste

2 pounds lean ground beef or lamb

2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce

1/2 cup beef stock

1 1/2 cups green peas

6 cup left over mashed potatoes

Directions

Preheat oven at 400 degrees F.

Add butter and oil to a large skillet on medium heat. Saute onions, celery and garlic until tender for about 7 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

 Once the vegetables have softened and start to brown a little add the tomato paste and mix evenly. Add the ground beef and cook until beef is no longer pink about 10 minutes.

 Add the Worcestershire sauce and beef stock. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cook and simmer for another 10 minutes. Mix in peas.

Transfer mixture to an oven-proof baking dish and spread evenly. Place potato on top of ground beef mixture and spread out evenly once the top surface has been covered  rake through with a fork so that there are peaks that will brown nicely.

 Place the dish into the preheated oven and cook until browned about 20 minutes.

Make it an Individual serving

Butter Lima Beans

BUTTER BEANS
These dried and canned super beans are available throughout the year.The seeds are generally cream or green in color, although certain varieties feature colors such as white, red, purple, brown or black.

These super beans are a very good source of cholesterol-lowering fiber Lima beans like other beans, are rich in dietary fiber.

Lima beans' contribution to heart health lies not just in their fiber, but in the significant amounts of folate, and magnesium these beans supply.

If you have insulin resistance, hypoglycemia or diabetes, Lima beans can really help you balance blood sugar levels while providing steady, slow-burning energy.

If you keeping red meat out your diet eat more Lima they are a good source of protein

How to Choose and Store Lima Beans

If you purchase frozen Lima beans, shake the container to make sure that the beans move freely and do not seem to be clumped together since the latter suggests that they've been thawed and then refrozen.

Store dried Lima beans in an airtight container in a cool, dry and dark place where they'll keep for up to six months.

If you purchase the beans at different times, store them separately since they may feature varying stages of dryness and therefore will require different cooking times.

As cooked Lima legumes are very perishable, they'll only keep fresh for one day even if placed in a covered container in the refrigerator.

Fresh Lima beans should be stored whole, in their pods, in the refrigerator crisper where they'll keep fresh for a few days.

Frozen Lima beans do not need to be thawed before being cooked.

 Perfect Bowl Of Lama Beans

Ingredients

2 pounds baby Lima beans, fresh in the shell, or one 10-ounce package, frozen

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 tablespoons butter

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Directions

Shell the beans and wash thoroughly. Put 2 cups water and the salt in a medium saucepan and add the beans. Cook the beans until tender, about 30 minutes. Drain the liquid and add the butter. Sprinkle lightly with the black pepper before serving

The Dry Butter Lima Beans With Ham Hock

These Beans Cook Longer

2 or 3 Med Ham Hock are 3 Turkey Tails

1 Med Onions chopped

1/4 cup chopped red bell pepper

1 Clove Garlic Crushed 

3 Stalk Celery Chopped 

Black Pepper And Salt To Taste

1 Large Bag Dry Beans 

1/2 Stick Butter add after beans are done

1 stick margarine

1 bay leaf

Soak dry beans about two hours pouring 

hot boiling water on them and let cool

down to room temp.remove the water 

from the beans.

Place ham hocks or turkey tails in a stockpot with enough water to 

cover. and cook for an hour and 1/2 with one stick of margarine.

Adding all Ingredients

Cook  one hour  and 30 minute longer on low until beans or tender and creamy add butter

remove the ham hocks or chop up and serve.

  

Chicken Spaghetti

CHICKEN SPAGHETTI

1 whole chicken about 3-5 pounds

2 lb regular velveeta cheese

1 can hot rotel tomatoes

1 lb spaghetti pasta

1 stick butter

1 can cream of chicken soup undiluted

1 large onion  chopped

1 cup green bell pepper

1 cup chopped red bell pepper

1 cup chopped celery

1 can green peas

salt and pepper to taste


Directions

Cover whole chicken with water in a large pot adding salt and of black pepper to taste to water.

Remove chicken when completely done and tender and start deboneing, about 30  minutes.

Boil spaghetti pasta in remaining broth according to package directions.

Drain pasta after done and discard water. Set aside the pasta...Do not rinse.

Melt the butter in a sauce pan and saute the vegetables.

Add tomatoes, soup, cooked chicken (cut into bite-size pieces) and spaghetti to the sauteed onion mixture, one at a time, and gently mix together.

Add cheese and stir together, mixing well. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Heat until cheese is melted thoroughly, stirring occasionally to keep from scorching.

Add the can of drain Green Peas last and mixing in very well.

Add cheese on top and bake until cheese melt

Aretha Frankin's Peach Cobbler

Emeril Lagasse and Aretha Franklin finish her peach cobbler with cinnamon, nutmeg, and butter and serve it with vanilla ice cream and powdered sugar.

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Buttermilk Pie

When, I was growing up around my grandmother in East Texas in 1960..."Folks", She will cook morning, noon and supper. No fast food here! She was one of the best cook around. I could sit and watch  her cook in her country kitchen all day long.


My grandmother could turn a dish into a master piece ........ One day she bake a Buttermilk pie for dinner, A Buttermilk pie is a custard-like pie. Traditional of the United Kingdom, it almost unknown today but is now a traditional pie of the southern States.

When I taste the Buttermilk Pie for the first time it was so creamy, sweet and tangy... Good job Grandma!

Recipe for Buttermilk Pie....Remember a Change sometime don't hurt.

Weekend cowgirl has the same recipe my grandma...You go gurl!