Mashed Potatoes with Toppers

Barb Gertz's Note:

Quick to fix mashed potatoes with two toppers-Italian Pesto-Sour Cream and Mexican Chili-Cheese. Solve your what to make for dinner dilemma. These toppers can also be served on baked potatoes.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 2⁄3; cups water
• 2⁄3; cup milk
• ¼ cup butter
• 2 2⁄3; cups potatoes buds instant mashed potatoes (dry)
• ½ teaspoon salt (Or make your favorite Mashed potatoes)

Italian Pesto-Sour Cream Topper

• ½ cup sour cream
• ¼ cup basil pesto
• 2 tablespoons chopped drained roasted red peppers , from 7 ounce jar
• 2 tablespoons sliced ripe olives

Mexican Chili-Cheese Topper

• 1 (15 ounce) can chili beans , in sauce undrained
• 1 (14 ½ ounce) can salsa-style diced tomatoes with green chilies , undrained
• ½ cup shredded colby-monterey jack cheese (2-ounces)
• 2 medium green onions , sliced (2 tablespoons)

Directions:

1. Make desired topper first: Make mashed potatoes; Heat water, milk, butter and salt in a 3-quart saucepan; remove from heat.
2. Stir in potatoes just until moistened.
3. Let stand 30 seconds then whip with fork until desired consistency.
4. serve with topper.
5. Italian Pesto-Sour Cream Topper; mix sour cream, pesto and bell peppers; spoon onto potatoes.
6. Sprinkle with olives.
7. Mexican Chili-Cheese Topper; cook beans and tomatoes in a 1-quart saucepan over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until hot; spoon onto potatoes.
8. Sprinkle with Cheese and onions.

Reviews

[germanLynx]

tried the italian-version, very quick and really great

[lazyme]

This was really good. I did the Mexican Chili-Cheese Topper on a baked potato. It was easy and very tasty. This reminded me of an old restaurant in downtown Seattle called The Price Is Right. The entire menu consisted of a 1-pound baked potato with your choice of toppings. They had about 20 toppings to choose from and every one that I tried was great. Thanks Barb for a walk down memory lane and a great dinner!