High-Protein Cottage Cheese Mashed Potatoes
Creamy, garlicky mashed potatoes made with blended cottage cheese and Greek yogurt in place of most of the butter and cream. 12 g of protein a serving for 175 kcal, so the side that's usually all starch pulls its weight on your Thanksgiving plate.
Reviewed by Bogdan Marcu, Licensed Nutritionist & Dietitian
12 gprotein
- Calories
- 175 kcal
- Ready in
- 30 min
- Serves
- 6
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Ingredients
- 1 kg floury potatoes (Maris Piper or russet), about 800 g / 28 oz peeled
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- 300 g / 11 oz low-fat cottage cheese
- 150 g / 5 oz 0% fat Greek yogurt
- 15 g / ½ oz (1 tbsp) butter
- 50 ml / 3 tbsp semi-skimmed milk, plus a splash more if needed
- A pinch of nutmeg, salt and black pepper
- 2 tbsp snipped chives
Instructions
- Peel the potatoes and cut them into even chunks. Simmer them in salted water with the garlic for 15 to 20 minutes, until very tender.
- Meanwhile, blend the cottage cheese and yogurt until completely smooth, so no curds show in the mash.
- Drain well and let the potatoes steam dry in the pan for 2 minutes. Mash them with the garlic and butter, using a masher or ricer rather than a blender, which makes potatoes gluey.
- Over a low heat, beat in the cottage cheese mixture and the milk until creamy and hot. Don't let it boil, or the yogurt can split.
- Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg, and scatter with chives.
- You can make it up to 2 days ahead and keep it in the fridge. Reheat gently with a splash of milk.
