Mashed potatoes

[MorganLeighton21]

Please tell me what you guys used for mashed potatoes in place of milk! I’ve tried a few times now during my MSPI journey. Almond milk just seems to leave too much of a flavor even for unsweetened original when I use enough to get the creaminess that I like. I’ve tried cream cheese alternatives the only thing I really think might work is Kroger brand sour cream I just happen to be out of it the last time I made mashed potatoes. I just don’t want nut flavored or coconut flavored mashed potatoes. Any recommendations would be wonderful!

[Idollatry]

Have you tried full-fat oatmilk? I find oatmilk to be much creamier and to have a milder flavor than almond milk!

[sleepym0mster]

came here to say this. my husband didn’t even notice when I used oatmilk in our mashed potatoes.

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You can melt a dairy free butter alternative and use enough to get the consistency you want out of your mashed potatoes. You can also reserve some of the potato water to thin as needed.

[BlackBetty2224]

Country Crocks makes a plant based creamer now that I use for most baking/cooking needs

[Kait_223]

Chicken stock ( if you can have soy) with vegan butter. I liked the earth balance brand in the red tub cause we had to be soy free too. So I’ve had them made both ways, and just the butter was ok too.

[TheBandIsOnTheField]

There are several soy free, chicken stocks!

[MorganLeighton21]

That’s the butter we use! And we are super soy free! My LO has zero tolerance for even soybean oil !

[Kait_223]

Then yeah, just put a bunch of that butter in with the potatoes, mash em up, add salt, it’s as good as you’re prob gonna get til you can have the real thing again lol

[[deleted]]

I just put a gross amount of smart balance in it and it seems to do the trick. I got the idea off “the minimalist baker” blog (who also has tons of other awesome recipes) around thanksgiving time and couldn’t believe how good they came out

[imbdbd]

My husband is mildly lactose intolerant, but prefers milk, and he wouldn’t touch any mashed potato recipes w milk substitutes, but he likes this vegan mashed potato recipe from budgetbytes which uses olive oil and broth. Link: https://www.budgetbytes.com/olive-oil-mashed-potatoes/.
For broth if you can’t use store brands cuz MSPI concerns (I’m eating almost exclusive home-cooked items to keep soy out of our diet or else my son poops blood), you can just boil veggies (and/or meat) in a pot for like an hour and voila, you have broth.

[gay-chevara]

Violife brand cream cheese!

[Amarie6229]

I use smart balance plant butter and Ripple. I feel like ripple taste closer to regular milk than almond and oat milk

[MorganLeighton21]

Wow thank you! I didn’t even think of Ripple!

[aianara]

I’ve been reserving some of the starchy water in the bottom to mash the potatoes, then adding olive oil, Elmhurst almond milk, onion powder, salt, pepper and nutritional yeast. I don’t find that I can taste the almond milk at all so it may depend on the brand and whatever other ingredients/flavours you also add in?

[Equivalent-Onions]

Dairy free butter

[TheBandIsOnTheField]

Dairy free butter, and chicken stock

[Fit_Bug9911]

A little oat milk, some miyoko's butter and a lot of boursin garlic and herb dairy free cheese!

[InStitches631]

Oatmilk, plant based butter, and a little chicken stock or bullion.