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Scalloped Potato Gratin
Simmering fresh garlic in half-and-half ensures that the cream gets the flavor of the garlic, without the bite. This gets added to cooked russet potatoes for the creamiest, most flavorful mashed dish ever.
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Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes
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Baked Feta Mashed Potatoes
Rachael packs tons of flavor into this quick sweet potato side dish, mixing in bananas, orange juice, nutmeg and brown sugar.
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Mashed Sweet Potatoes
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Melting Sweet Potatoes
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Garlicky Potato-Rutabaga Mash
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Aloo Bhorta
The more bacon, the better. This sweet side dish gets a salty kick from some crispy strips crumbled on top.
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Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Bacon
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Herbed Broccoli Mashed Potatoes
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Parmesan-Crusted Potatoes
Roasted bananas are Tyler’s secret weapon for sweet, rich sweet potato casserole.
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Whipped Sweet Potatoes and Bananas with Honey
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Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
Tyler Florence relies purely on honey for sweetness when it comes to his simple roasted sweet potatoes.
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Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Honey and Cinnamon
Giada puts her own unique spin on traditional mashed potatoes by incorporating two distinctive Italian cheeses: mozzarella and Parmesan.
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Baked Mashed Potatoes with Parmesan Cheese and Bread Crumbs
In addition to milk, mascarpone cheese gives these garlic mashed potatoes a creamy consistency that contrasts with crispy Parmesan sheets.
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Roasted Garlic-Parmesan Mashed Potatoes
Pat and Gina scoop out the cooked insides of these sweet potatoes and mix them with cream cheese, brown sugar, butter and lots of fall spices.
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Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
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Aligot-Style Potatoes with Roasted Garlic
Nutritional yeast, which is grown on molasses and then dried out, adds a nutty cheesiness (plus an extra helping of vitamin B12) to these bubbly spuds. Silken tofu and tender new potatoes add creaminess without dairy, and browned onions give the dish a deep savoriness.
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Vegan Scalloped Potatoes
Sunny leaves the skins on her red potatoes before mashing them with cream, butter and garlic. They’ll lend great color and texture to the dish.
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Garlic Red Bliss Mash
Don’t choose between traditional mashed potatoes and vibrant sweet potatoes. Separately, mash Yukon gold potatoes with sour cream and heavy cream and sweet potatoes with brown sugar and cayenne pepper, then swirl together for the best of both worlds.
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Marbled Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Ree’s buttery mashed potatoes are topped with lightly fried shallots, for a mild onion flavor and a slight crunch.
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Mashed Potatoes with Shallots
This rustic dish has all the sweet and nutty flavors of the fall in one bite, with just a hint of cayenne to finish.
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Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Pecans and Spiced Maple Sauce
The ultimate creamy concoction, Tyler’s mashed potatoes pair perfectly with homemade turkey gravy.
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Mashed Potatoes
Traditional gratins can take hours to make and involve a lot of prepwork. Rachael’s 30-minute gratin uses coarsley chopped potatoes instead of thinly-sliced ones and an herb-infused cream that takes minutes on the stove.
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Autumn Potato Gratin
Tyler tops simple baked sweet potatoes with a sweet and crunchy streusel mixture of brown sugar, cinnamon, pecans and melted mini marshmallows.
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Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Pecan and Marshmallow Streusel
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Smokey Spicy Mashed Potatoes
Ina uses Yukon Gold potatoes for this classic Thanksgiving side. Once mashed, a touch of sour cream adds richness.
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Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes
Everything’s better with bacon and this spin on super-crispy Hasselback potatoes is no exception. Scallions and herbs finish the dish.
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Bacon Hasselback Potatoes
Think of this side dish as a mashed version of your favorite potato skins. Melty cheese and crispy bacon add an addictive flavor that will keep you coming back for more.
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Bacon-and-Cheese Smashed Potatoes
Grate fresh nutmeg over these mashed potatoes right before serving for a finishing touch.
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Mashed Potatoes
Guy makes sweet potatoes even sweeter by sprinkling the twice-baked spuds with a sugar and pecan topping.
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Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes
Keep your mashed potatoes creamy by cleaning your leeks. Before adding leeks to your mashed potatoes, make sure to clean them well since dirt and grit can get stuck in between the layers.
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Mashed Potatoes with Leeks
Roasted cashews and shredded coconut are the salty and sweet secrets to the Neelys’ out-of-this-world sweet potato souffle.
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Old School Sweet Potato Souffle
Sandra Lee combines russet, red-skinned and sweet potatoes for a crisp, colorful potato side dish. Her herb-infused butter takes the flavor up another notch.
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Mixed Roasted Potatoes With Herb Butter
Rachael’s smashed potatoes are ready in less than 20 minutes. Plus, they are simple enough to have kids get in on the cooking action.
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Cheesy Smashed Potatoes
Tyler builds his gratin by layering a bacon-cabbage mixture between thinly sliced potatoes in a casserole dish, then dousing the top with cream and Parmesan. For an oniony bite, add snipped chives.
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The Ultimate Potato Gratin
Gorgonzola and bacon breathe richness into these mashed red potatoes. Judging by its name, it’s perhaps the most patriotic heap of mashed potatoes you’ll ever eat.
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Red, White and Blue Mashed Potatoes
Trisha tops sweet potatoes with pecans, brown sugar, flour and butter and bakes her casserole until slightly brown.
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Sweet Potato Souffle
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Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes
Bobby’s twist on scalloped potatoes is as simple as it is delicious. Just thinly slice potatoes and layer in with spicy cream, salt and pepper.
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Smoked Chile Scalloped Sweet Potatoes
To celebrate autumn, Sunny prepares roasted fingerlings seasoned with plenty of sage and garlic for earthy flavor.
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Roasted Fingerlings
Ree calls this a “throw-together” dish because it’s so quick and simple. Just dice up potatoes (without peeling them!), mix them with a cream and butter mixture and then bake.
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Perfect Potatoes au Gratin
For his Throwdown take on this comfort food classic, Bobby adds sweet roasted garlic and spoonfuls of rich, creamy mascarpone cheese.
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Mashed Potatoes with Roasted Garlic and Mascarpone Cheese
Ellie offers up a lighter side that’s full of flavor, with lots of spices and a crunchy pecan topping.
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Sweet Potato-Pecan Casserole
A sliced-tomato topping adds extra color and fresh flavor to this French take on potatoes.
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Provencal Potato Gratin
Michael Chiarello knows how to please a crowd, mashing Yukon Gold potatoes with three sticks of butter and roasted garlic paste.
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The Definitive Mashed Potato with Roasted Garlic
You can’t go wrong with these standby mashed potatoes. Just start with russet potatoes and mix in whole milk and up to a stick of butter.
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Perfect Mashed Potatoes
Robin Miller adds celery root to mashed potatoes for an unexpected twist.
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Garlic and Celery Root Mashed Spuds
For an elegant twist on mashed potatoes, add smashed rutabaga (yellow turnip) and top with a seasoned, toasted breadcrumb mixture just before serving.
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Mashed Potatoes and Rutabaga with Lemon
Sunny’s Hasselback potatoes are baked until nice and crisp, then topped with herbed sour cream.
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Garlic Hasselback Potatoes with Herbed Sour Cream
Giada’s surprisingly easy homemade gnocchi is an irresistible Italian twist on the classic sweet potato side dish.
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Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Maple Cinnamon Sage Brown Butter
Alton Brown always hated sweet potatoes — until he built an episode of Good Eats around them. Instead of smothering them in marshmallows, he lets them play a leading role in this chipotle-spiced mash.
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Chipotle Smashed Sweet Potatoes
These aren’t your mama’s mashed potatoes. Add a kick to this classic side with a dash of horseradish and some chopped scallions.
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Mashed Potatoes With Horseradish and Scallions
The Neelys take this hearty classic filled with creamy, cheesy goodness and add smoky paprika, garlic and shallots to give it their own brand of Southern kick.
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Smoky Scalloped Potatoes
Ina features freshly grated Parmesan cheese in her creamy mashed potatoes.
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Parmesan Smashed Potatoes
Yogurt keeps this side dish light and fluffy, while goat cheese and chipotle peppers give these mashed potatoes a flavor all their own.
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Yogurt Mashed Potatoes With Chipotle Peppers, Goat Cheese and Caramelized Shallots
Using chipotle peppers in adobo sauce intensifies the smoky, spicy kick of this sweet potato dish.
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Chipotle Smashed Sweet Potatoes
Parsley, dill and chives make this mixed-herb dish a smashing success. Add some cheddar cheese and buttermilk for potatoes so rich they could be a meal all on their own.
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Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes With Mixed Herbs and Cheddar
Parsnips join the big leagues for a subtle twist on a starchy favorite.
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Mashed Parsnips and Potatoes
Alton Brown says you can really enhance this classic mashed potato recipe with your favorite savory toppings: sun-dried tomatoes, bacon or sauteed mushrooms.
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Mashers
Guy adds a bit of whiskey to his mixture of sweet potatoes and apples and sweetens the dish with agave nectar.
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Whiskey-Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Ree’s makes sweet potatoes as much a part of her Thanksgiving as the turkey. Her secret weapon in this recipe? Dark brown sugar.
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Soul Sweet ‘Taters
Sunny makes a simple syrup of brown sugar, butter and water to give extra sweetness to her potatoes.
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Sweet Potatoes and Marshmallows
Anne roasts sweet potatoes and mixes in dried apricots, honey, cinnamon and orange juice and zest. Sprinkle with an oatmeal crisp topping for a dessert and side dish all in one.
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Sweet Potato Casserole
Roasted garlic transforms the flavor of Ree’s mashed potatoes. Cream cheese makes them rich and fluffy while also helping to balance the garlic kick.
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Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Celebrate Thanksgiving with a bit of French flair by serving Melissa’s buttery Parisian torte. It’s loaded with bacon and Gruyère cheese — decadent enough to warrant a spot on the holiday dinner table.
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Potato-Bacon Torte
Transform knobby celery root into a smooth puree and liven up a basic potato mash at the same time. Passing the vegetables through a food mill will yield the perfect texture.
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Celery Root and Potato Puree
To prepare the decadent stuffing for these toppling stuffed potatoes, Tyler makes a Mornay sauce — a bechamel to which cheese is added. Once the Mornay is ready, he folds in the cooked broccoli florets, crispy bacon bits and chopped chives for added color and texture.
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The Ultimate Stuffed Potato
Ina’s roasted potatoes are crisp on the outside and tender on the inside. The key to perfect texture is to toss the potatoes in olive oil and roast on high heat for about an hour.
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Rosemary Roasted Potatoes
For an added layer of flavor and extra-smooth consistency, Ree incorporates soft cream cheese into the mashed potatoes before baking them.
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Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Anne’s traditional mashed potatoes are a Thanksgiving standard. They rely on only garlic, heavy cream and butter for classic flavor and silky texture.
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Garlic Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes
On Thanksgiving, it’s fair to treat yourself to Trisha’s twice-baked potatoes, loaded with cheese, green onions, sour cream and crispy fried bacon bits.
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Twice-Baked Potatoes
Instead of boiling potatoes in water, cut them into 1-inch pieces and simmer them directly in the milk with salt and bay leaf. Reserve the milk to add back to the potatoes (after draining and mashing) until they’ve reached creamy perfection.
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Mashed Potatoes with Herb Butter
To simplify your prep work, opt for red smashed potatoes instead of the traditional mashed. You don’t even need to bother peeling the potatoes or mincing the garlic, thyme or rosemary. Infuse olive oil with smashed cloves, lemon zest and herb sprigs to flavor the red potatoes before smashing.
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Smashed Potatoes with Garlic Oil
Thanksgiving is the time to embrace nostalgic dishes like sweet potatoes with marshmallow topping. “When I make this, I feel like a kid in my mom’s kitchen. The best part is watching the marshmallows bubble and toast,” says Sunny.
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Sweet Potatoes and Marshmallows
“This is a super-flavorful substitute for your standard mashed potatoes,” promises Michael Symon. So flavorful, in fact, that after you cook the root vegetables, all you need is butter and salt — no cream required.
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Whipped Root Vegetables
Ina adds even more flavor to classic mashed sweet potatoes with a can of chipotle chiles and adobo sauce. She balances out the spice with a touch of maple syrup.
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Chipotle Smashed Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes and pecans are two iconic holiday flavors and in this dish they actually come together. Dinner guests will love the nutty crunch of pecans in these mashed sweet potatoes.
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Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Pecans
You’ll combin potatoes, celery root and parsnips in a food processor until they’re extra silky. Top the dish with a sprinkle of ground nutmeg for another layer of flavor.
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Root Vegetable Mash
A mixture of potatoes, sweet potatoes and celery root makes Ina’s gratin something new for your table. Plenty of cheese and breadcrumbs will ensure it’s a hit.
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Root Vegetable Gratin
For a simple variation, stir sweet, caramelized onions into creamy mashed potatoes just before serving.
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Caramelized-Onion Mashed Potatoes
These double-baked spuds can be made ahead of time, so feel free to put them in the fridge before you’re ready to bake.
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Twice-Baked New Potatoes
Before being mashed, these sweet potatoes are roasted with maple syrup for an extra-deep, slightly sweet flavor.
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Maple Sweet Potato Puree with Caramelized Onions
For a flavorful mashed potato twist, Tyler uses Yukon Gold potatoes and mixes in garlic, thyme and chives.
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Chive and Garlic Mashed Potatoes
These simple sweet potatoes are dressed up with a shortcut aioli.
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Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Aioli
Sour cream isn’t just a last-minute garnish: Add some to your mashed potatoes for extra creaminess—plus, it makes the bacon and Dijon mustard really pop.
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Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes With Roasted Garlic, Dijon Mustard and Bacon