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Home » How to Freeze Mashed Potatoes

How to Freeze Mashed Potatoes

11/19/14 | Dinner Recipes, Recipes, Uncategorized

The holidays are approaching and that means we are all planning our holiday menus–and I’m willing to bet that mashed potatoes are on that list.  Every year for Thanksgiving we go to my mother’s for dinner but then on Friday I do an entire Thanksgiving dinner just for my husband and kids and we eat the leftovers all weekend long.  I LOVE Thanksgiving dinner so there are no complaints about leftovers from me!

One of the things that I do when I make the big dinner is I make extra mashed potatoes and then freeze them for a dinner later on in the month, when everything is crazy busy and I don’t have time to cook from scratch.  Knowing how to freeze mashed potatoes has saved me so much time on busy nights and on holidays too…shhh don’t tell anyone that my mashed potatoes on Christmas Day were defrosted that morning!

Make Ahead Mashed PotatoesHow to Freeze Mashed Potatoes

    • Prepare mashed potatoes as you typically would and then put in a freezer safe dish.  I typically use a glass baking dish.
    • Cover with plastic wrap and then cover with tin foil.
    • Place item in freezer and freeze.
    • When you are ready to eat the item just defrost in the fridge, add butter cut into small squares on top and place in an oven pre-heated to 250 degrees and cook until warm, stirring occasionally.
    • NOTE: If you feel that the potatoes are getting too thick you can thin with milk.

Also, since they are already fully cooked you can just warm them up in the microwave if you are truly short on time.


You can also freeze them in individual size servings by placing them on a baking sheet and flash freezing them.  Then you can just pull out the amount that you want to cook.

 

Check out my How to Freeze page for more tips on how to save money and time by using freezer cooking.

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How to freeze Mashed Potatoes--www.nepamom.com

 

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  1. mitzics@bellsouth.net'Mitzi says

    November 20, 2014 at 12:49 pm

    I had NO IDEA you could actually freeze mashed potatoes!! This is awesome. We have leftover mashed potatoes all the time– thanks

    Reply
  2. heatherlm4@gmail.com'Heather M says

    November 21, 2014 at 7:21 am

    I need your secret to freezing them without them getting that funky mealy texture! My potatoes always get “weird” in the freezer and it would be AWESOME if I could freeze them like this.

    Reply
  3. barb@alifeinbalance.net'Barb @ A Life in Balance says

    November 22, 2014 at 12:04 pm

    Love this! I didn’t know I could freeze them.

    Reply
  4. editor@girlgonemom.com'Heather says

    November 22, 2014 at 3:44 pm

    You are the queen of freezing. This makes life much easier. Do you think you could use a freezer bag? I need my pyrex dishes.

    Reply
    • mgalko says

      November 22, 2014 at 10:09 pm

      Yes, you absolutely can use a freezer bag with no issues, just make sure to squeeze out the excess air.

      Reply
  5. candielm@gmail.com'Candi @ A Day in Candiland says

    November 23, 2014 at 8:38 pm

    You can make two dishes. One for now and one for later and save time. I never thought about freezing potatoes.

    Reply
  6. itsakeeperblog@gmail.com'Christina @ It Is a Keeper says

    November 23, 2014 at 11:31 pm

    I have never tried this but I’m going to. It seems like such a timesaver!

    Reply
  7. clare@supermommyclub.com'Clare @ Super Mommy Club says

    November 24, 2014 at 1:39 am

    Ha – I have a bag of store bought mashed potato in my freezer but it never occurred to me to freeze my own!

    Reply

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