By boiling garlic with the potatoes the garlic infuses the potatoes and gives them even more flavor when they are made into mashed potatoes. These mashed potatoes are zero points on the purple WW plan.
Mashed potatoes are one of my favorite side dishes at Thanksgiving and I could probably eat them as a side dish for dinner every night. Now that they are zero points on the myWW purple plan, I was determined to make a zero-point mashed potato recipe with dairy in it. Now that I can eat dairy again after discovering it was the artificial sweeteners giving me the digestion problems, I’ve been eating ALL the dairy. To make these mashed potatoes zero points, I used plain non-fat Greek yogurt and 1% milk. Any extra toppings you add on the potatoes you have to count of course.
Mashed potatoes aren’t only just for Thanksgiving. They can be a side dish at any time of the year. I love making mock KFC bowls with mashed potatoes. A mock KFC bowl is simply mashed potatoes, corn, gravy, and chicken. So good.
What do I need to make Mashed Potatoes?
- 4 large uncooked potato(es), Idaho variety, peeled and cut into 2-inch chunks
- 8 clove(s) (medium) garlic clove(s), peeled
- 1 cup(s) non-fat plain Greek Yogurt
- ½ cup(s) 1% milk
- ¼ cup(s) parsley, fresh, chopped
- ¾ teaspoon table salt, or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
How to make Mashed Potatoes
Place potatoes and garlic in a large saucepan; fill with enough water to cover them.
Set pan over high heat; bring to a boil. Boil until potatoes are fork-tender, about 8 minutes; drain and return potatoes and garlic to the pan. Add Greek Yogurt to pan; stir and then mash the mixture until almost smooth (or desired consistency). Stir in milk. Fold in parsley; season to taste with salt and pepper. Yields about ¾ cup per serving.
Tips for Mashed Potatoes
If you like your potatoes with butter on it, use light butter. Land O Lakes or I Can't Believe It's Not Butter makes good light butter. That will be extra points.
Other Potato Recipes
Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole - Funeral Potatoes
Instant Pot Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes
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PrintZero Point Mashed Potatoes with Garlic
- Yield: 8 1x
Description
By boiling garlic with the potatoes the garlic infuses the potatoes and gives them even more flavor when they are made into mashed potatoes. These mashed potatoes are zero points on the purple WW plan.
Ingredients
- 4 large uncooked potato(es), Idaho variety, peeled and cut into 2-inch chunks
- 8 clove(s) (medium) garlic clove(s), peeled
- 1 cup(s) non-fat plain Greek Yogurt
- ½ cup(s) 1% milk
- ¼ cup(s) parsley, fresh, chopped
- ¾ tsp table salt, or to taste
- ¼ tsp black pepper, or to taste
Instructions
Place potatoes and garlic in a large saucepan; fill with enough water to cover them. Set pan over high heat; bring to a boil. Boil until potatoes are fork-tender, about 8 minutes; drain and return potatoes and garlic to pan. Add Greek Yogurt to pan; stir and then mash mixture until almost smooth (or desired consistency). Stir in milk. Fold in parsley; season to taste with salt and pepper. Yields about ¾ cup per serving.
Notes
myWW points: Blue 5; Green 5; Purple 0
Points are calculated using the WW recipe builder and not the Nutrition Info.
- Category: Easy
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: ¾ cup
- Calories: 82
- Sugar: 2g
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
Keywords: zero point mashed potatoes
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with WW in any way. I am just a member who creates recipes based on their points system. If you have any questions related to the program go to their website. The recipe builder is what I use to figure out points.
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Segio says
Hi Lisa I don't think that just soaking them would do very much sweet pooeatts have a dense structure, so not much chance to soak up enough to soften them. If they are fairly fresh, you could just start them raw in the oven, and once they have cooked enough to be a little softer, you could flatten them out a bit. I do them like this most of the time and it works well I am thinking of amending this recipe actually, to make that the default way to go about it.