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+title = "Creamy Mashed Potatoes"
+date = 2020-06-13T16:00:40Z
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+![Creamy Mashed Potatoes](mashedpotatoes.jpg)
+
+Mashed potatoes is a really great recipe that is often relegated to the position
+of side dish. This recipe is a spin of the classical mashed potatoes recipe
+that's got itself more going on. You can serve this dish for a relatively light
+meal, or you can also serve it as a side dish if you want to have a really
+hearty meal.
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+## Ingredients
+
+The quantities here are for about four adult portions. If you are planning on
+eating this as a side dish, it might be more like 6-8 portions.
+
+* 1kg potatoes
+* 200ml milk*
+* 200ml mayonnaise*
+* ~100g cheese
+* Garlic powder
+* 12-16 strips of bacon
+* Butter
+* 3-4 green onions
+* Black pepper
+* Salt
+
+*You can play with the proportions depending on how creamy or dry you want the mashed potatoes to be.
+
+## Instructions
+
+1. Peel and cut the potatoes into medium sized pieces.
+2. Put the potatoes in a pot with some water so that it covers the potatoes and
+   boil them for about 20-30 minutes, or until the potatoes are soft.
+3. About ten minutes before removing the potatoes from the boiling water, cut
+   the bacon into little pieces and fry it.
+4. Warm up the milk and mayonnaise.
+5. Shred the cheese.
+6. When the potatoes are done, remove all water from the pot, add the warm milk
+   and mayonnaise mix, add some butter, and mash with a potato masher or a
+   blender.
+7. Add some salt, black pepper and garlic powder to taste and continue mashing
+   the mix.
+8. Once the mix is somewhat homogeneous and the potatoes are properly mashed,
+   add the shredded cheese and fried bacon and mix a little.
+9. Serve and top with chopped green onions.
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