Mashed potatoes for life!
Those little packets of instant potatoes are so tempting to use when you are in a rush at dinner time. But admit it. Those funky potato flakes never taste as good as the real deal. With just a little planning and your trusty crockpot, you can serve up a big beautiful pot of these easy cheesy crockpot mashed potatoes. So creamy, so good.
NOTE: If your local grocery store doesn’t carry the Three Cheese Cooking sauce, simply substitute with 1 cup of milk and an extra cup of your favorite shredded cheese.
Easy Cheesy Crockpot Mashed Potatoes
- 2-2.5 lbs of small red potatoes, washed, roughly peeled and quartered
- 4 Tablespoons butter, cut into tabs
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup Progresso Meal Starters Three Cheese Cooking Sauce
- 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
- Place potatoes in a 4-5 quart crockpot. Season with 1 tsp of salt and top with tabs of butter. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours (or on HIGH for 3 hours)
- Uncover and mash potatoes using a potato masher. Add in 1 cup of Progresso Meal Starters Three Cheese Cooking Sauce. Continue mashing until you reach your desired mashed potato consistency. Recover and continue cooking for 1 more hour.
- Right before serving top with shredded cheese. Have fun topping with your favorite spud toppers.
- We used some bacon and chives!
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Easy Cheesy Crockpot Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2-2.5 lbs of small red potatoes washed, roughly peeled and quartered
- 4 Tablespoons butter cut into tabs
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup Progresso Meal Starters Three Cheese Cooking Sauce
- 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
- NOTE: If your local grocery store doesn't carry the Three Cheese Cooking sauce simply substitute with 1 cup of milk and an extra cup of your favorite shredded cheese.
Instructions
- Place potatoes in a 4-5 quart crockpot. Season with 1 tsp of salt and top with tabs of butter. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours (or on HIGH for 3 hours)
- Uncover and mash potatoes using a potato masher. Add in 1 cup of Progresso Meal Starters Three Cheese Cooking Sauce. Continue mashing until you reach your desired mashed potato consistency. Recover and continue cooking for 1 more hour.
- Right before serving top with shredded cheese. Have fun topping with your favorite spud toppers.
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Nutrition Information:
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Post updated September 2020
Damond Nollan says
OMGoodness! This looks amazing. Thanks for sharing!
Angie S. says
Looks fantastic! One question though, don’t the potatoes turn brown with very little liquid in the crock pot?
LL says
Yes, mine did. Not good.
Aled says
Do I absolutely have to peel them? I like skins in my mash.