Make Some Garlic Mashed Potatoes

What you’ll need:

• Some potatoes (I grab a bag of red potatoes from the grocery store, but get whatever you like).
• Some milk or cream.
• Some butter. Personally, I just use the whole stick of it.
• Some garlic. These are garlic mashed potatoes. It’s right there in the name. Use a lot of it. Peel it first, and crush it. Or dice it, if you want to take the time to do that. Or use a garlic press. Whatever paints your wagon.
• Some salt. How much? Up to you.
• Some pepper. Or not.
• Some chopped chives or green onions will also go great sprinkled across the top, but they’re not strictly necessary.
• A pot to boil the potatoes.

How to make them:

• Fill the pot with water, and bring it to a boil
• Roughly cut up the potatoes, and put them in the pot of boiling water.
• No, I don’t peel them first. I like the peels in the mashed potatoes. If you don’t then go ahead and peel them.
• Boil the potatoes until you can easily stick a fork through them. This usually takes about 20-25 minutes.
• Drain the potatoes, but keep some of the water (a cup or so).
• Mix up the potatoes with the garlic, the milk, and the butter.
• Mash them with a potato masher until they’re the consistency you want. Or mix them with a mixer if you prefer a more whipped potato consistency. I like mine chunky.
• If you find them to be dry, and you want them softer, add some more milk, or use some of the water you reserved when you drained them. Add in a little at a time and mix. Repeat until they’re the texture you want.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve ’em up, and enjoy.