This amazing potato recipe is inspired by something we always had at my house growing up. We could call them heavenly potatoes because they were just that good. My favorite meal were these Heavenly Mashed Potatoes and honey ham. I would know, being from Idaho and all. Here is a weird side note. Did you know that Idaho is the Gem State, and there we call tater tots “tater gems?” True story. Oh, its also pronounced poh-tay-toh. Don’t even try and get all fancy and pronounce it poh-ta-toh. Everyone will hate you if you do that, its also really annoying. But for real, these mashed potatoes are really really good, and you should totally make them for Thanksgiving, and then be thankful you now know how to pronounce potato right. YAY!
♥ Teri
Heavenly Potatoes
Serves 5 to 7
Ingredients:
4 russet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
1/3 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup cottage cheese, pureed
2 tablespoons chives, thinly sliced
salt and pepper to taste
optional garnish:
chives
melted butter
Directions:
1. Place potatoes in a large pot and fill with water. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
2. Boil potatoes until fork tender, about 25 minutes.
3. While potatoes boil, place cream, butter and garlic in a small saucepan and simmer. Once mixture comes to a simmer, remove from heat.
4. Drain potatoes in a colander and return back to the pot. Lightly mash the potatoes and season with salt and pepper.
5. Pour cream mixture over the potatoes, a little at a time and mash the potatoes until all the cream mixture has been used and potatoes are smooth.
6. Stir in pureed cottage cheese and sliced chives and season with salt and pepper.
7. Top with remaining chives and melted butter, if desired. Serve warm.
These look amazing. I’m totally making them for Thanksgiving. Yay poh-tay-tohs!!
Teri. These photos. I’m salivating.
Jenny. The food styling. I’m salivating.
Ladies. The mashed potatoes. I’m salivating.
I need a mop.
I assume that the teeny-tiny twist is the pureed cottage cheese. I can not WAIT to make this recipe! Looks and sounds delish!!!
Your photography is heavenly! And the recipe sounds delicious. Pureed cottage cheese…I will have to try this one.
OH dear, I just fainted.
I dig pools of butter. Especially ones that live on the surface of large masses of mashed potatoes.
I think I just licked my screen. Seriously. The pools of butter are killing me!
lol they do look awesome enough to lick
don’t tease me with melted butter. it’s not fair. now i’m going to have to make these tonight. ;)
Mashers dripping in butter, your chives are going for a swim. I’ve never tried mashed with cottage cheese, such a brilliant idea! On a side note, our friends here in SLC actually live in the home built by the man who started Ore-ida and developed the Tater Tot! True dat. Sadly there were no tots in the home when they moved in, just bad red shag carpet.
Also, STOP TRYING TO MAKE TATER GEMS HAPPEN! GOSH!
HAHAHHA! It’s not like I’m trying to make Fetch happen!!! COME ON!
TATER GEMS AREN’T. GOING. TO. HAPPEN. No one is going to say that.
I’ve given potatoes up until Thanksgivng but I will totally be making this new recipe for the big feast. Cottage Cheese huh…hmmmm….
So simple and so OMG!
Miki! Love your response! EXACTLY what I FEEL *!*
Thanks Galz~~~
How do you make mash look this good?
drool, that is all
oh wow, that buttery liquid on top is killer!
This is a fantastic idea!
These with honey bacon… just the perfect blend of heaven and hell :)
oh stop it. stop it right now.
the MELTED BUTTER.
dear heavens.(thisisamazing!)
Your mashed potatoes look mouthwatering!
mashed potatoes are never a terrible idea. I have to be honest though – i do prefer baby potatoes to russets flavor wise. these do look tasty though!
I’ve never thought to put cottage cheese into mashed potatoes, but I will have to give it a try.
Well I just drooled all over my keyboard…
These are probably the prettiest mashed taters I have ever seen. Help me, Rhonda.
Oooo! I never thought to add cottage cheese to mashed potatoes.
Girl, if you’re from Idaho, I trust you know your potatoes. That melted butter looks DEVINE.
mashed potatoes is one of my most favourite things to eat. i always say i could live off of mashed potatoes, chicken, and noodles. and now add spinach. the holy four. definitely going to try this recipe when i’m back home in toronto. i find i don’t much like the taste of the potatoes here in india. weird.
I’m new to your site but the photographs are amazing. I’m looking at the mashed potatoes right now at 12:06am and I wish I could have a bowl of this before I go to sleep. Why do you tempt me this late? I might have to go get potatoes tomorrow. It looks gorgeous with the chives.
The mashed potatoes look perfect!
I’m planning on making these for a company banquet – Teri, since you’re from Idaho, you’ll understand my question a bit better than most probably. Are we talking the big honkin’ russet potatoes that are big enough for a meal in themselves or are we talking the smaller ones that come in the 5 and 10 pound bags? I ask cause they’re so different in size and I want to get my portions right!
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Shoot! Now nothing sounds good except this. Ugh! Pregnant brain won’t stop drooling!!! Thanks for sharing!
These look heavenly!
oh wow. . . this looks AHmazing.
xx ~ k
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Heavenly, for sure!!
I’m not a fan of /mashed/ potatoes but I loved this and so did everyone else! Lots of compliments…
we didn’t puree the cottage cheese and added a lot more than needed and it was delicious. leftovers were great too. thank you <3
hi! Wanted to say I tried the recipe and it was a hit! SO DELICIOUS ! thank you!
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This recipe looks fantastic! Do you feel these could be made the day before an event? Thank you!
Definitely! I would just add an extra tablespoon or so of butter to the potatoes after reheating them…just for good measure :)
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