calico potatoes

25 Pinches
belle valley, OH
Updated on Feb 7, 2014

Whole family loves this recipe. Yum. I made this for a dinner (using only butter) serving 80,(of course had to adjust the amounts) and had lots of compliments. Don't be afraid to try it different ways with the optional ingredients, only gets richer tasting.

prep time 5 Min
cook time 10 Min
method Stove Top
yield four

Ingredients

  • 2 large redskin potatoes
  • 2 large yellow (yukon gold) potatoes
  • 2 large carrots,chunked
  • 2 large stalks of celery, cut up
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon parsley flakes
  • 4 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 cup velveeta cheese shreds (optional)
  • 2 tablespoons real bacon bits (optional)
  • 1/4 cup helman's mayonaise (optional)
  • - salt and pepper to taste

How To Make calico potatoes

  • Step 1
    Wash Vegetables, cut and place in 1 qt. saucepan. Bring to boil and boil until fork tender. (approx. 10 min.)Drain.
  • Step 2
    With potato masher or fork mashed this all together roughly, leaving it in large lumpy pieces.
  • Step 3
    Sprinkle remaining ingredients on top and then stir in, stir as little as possible so that large lumps remain.

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