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Our Best Mashed Potato Recipes Will Smash Your Expectations

Laced with béchamel, topped with noodles, and more ways to love mashed potatoes

Updated on March 29, 2021

In all of their starchy glory, potatoes are arguably one of the most versatile vegetables. You can roast them or bake them or fry them, but it's still hard to beat mashed potatoes. They're creamy and pillowy and delicious, especially as a fall or winter side dish. In the fall, sweet potatoes are a particularly good side dish, whether in a casserole or smashed with maple butter. Are you over traditional mashed potatoes? Try mashing your potatoes with avocado instead of butter. With recipes like mashed potato dumplings, mashed potatoes in a salad, and even fluffy brownies with mashed potatoes in the batter, our best mashed potato recipes prove the possibilities are endless for this creamy comfort food.

Celery Root Mashed Potatoes

Julia Child's Garlic Mashed Potatoes for easy thanksgiving sides

At Pacific Way Bakery and Cafe in Astoria, Oregon, flaky cheese-crusted halibut fillets are topped with a bright parsley sauce and paired with pan-seared broccoli rabe and garlicky mashed potatoes. Get the recipe for Parmesan-Crusted Halibut With Mashed Potatoes »

Aloo Masala (South Indian Potatoes)

These flavorful mashed potatoes are spiced with mustard seeds, fresh curry leaves, turmeric, and ginger, and mixed with peas. Get the recipe for Aloo Masala (South Indian Potatoes) »

Indian Mashed Potato Fritters (Aloo Bonda)

For this Mumbai street-food snack w, mashed potatoes are seasoned with cumin, mustard seeds, curry leaves, ginger, and chile; balls of the aromatic mash are then coated in a turmeric-accented chickpea-flour batter and deep-fried until crisp and golden. Get the recipe for Indian Mashed Potato Fritters (Aloo Bonda) »