{"id":18785,"date":"2013-11-27T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.delectablychic.com\/?p=18785"},"modified":"2013-11-24T14:16:40","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T19:16:40","slug":"modified-mash-potatoes-carrots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delectablychic.com\/modified-mash-potatoes-carrots\/","title":{"rendered":"Yogurty Mashed Potatoes and Carrots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I almost never make mashed potatoes, save for Thanksgiving and maybe the one or two times I make shepherd&#8217;s pie.\u00a0 However, I recently found a recipe-with-a-twist &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/creatingnaturally.com\/garlic-carrot-potatoes\/\" target=\"_blank\">mashed potatoes and carrots<\/a> from a website called Creating Naturally.\u00a0 Yes, potatoes and carrots, together.\u00a0 In one bowl.\u00a0 As one dish.\u00a0 Of course, I had to modify it a little &#8211; most mashed potato recipes call for butter (including this one), but I don&#8217;t like adding that much to my food.\u00a0 In fact, I rarely use butter at home, at all, so I changed the recipe slightly to the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.delectablychic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mashed-carrots-and-potatoes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18791\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.delectablychic.com\/modified-mash-potatoes-carrots\/mashed-carrots-and-potatoes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.delectablychic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mashed-carrots-and-potatoes.jpg?fit=540%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"540,405\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mashed carrots and potatoes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.delectablychic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mashed-carrots-and-potatoes.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.delectablychic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mashed-carrots-and-potatoes.jpg?fit=540%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18791\" alt=\"mashed potatoes, carrots, mashed carrots, dinner, recipes, sides\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.delectablychic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mashed-carrots-and-potatoes.jpg?resize=540%2C405\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.delectablychic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mashed-carrots-and-potatoes.jpg?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.delectablychic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mashed-carrots-and-potatoes.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.delectablychic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mashed-carrots-and-potatoes.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2-3 medium potatoes<\/li>\n<li>6 small carrots<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon of minced garlic<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 to 1\/3 cup of plain Greek yogurt (I used non-fat)<\/li>\n<li>A splash of milk (optional, as the yogurt will give the dish a fairly creamy texture)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Peel the potatoes and carrots and then chop them into smaller pieces<\/li>\n<li>Boil them in water with the garlic for 20-25 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Place in a bowl, add black pepper, if desired, and use a masher to mash the vegetables with the yogurt<\/li>\n<li>Add milk until you get your desired texture (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The above recipe will serve 2-4 people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I almost never make mashed potatoes, save for Thanksgiving and maybe the one or two times I make shepherd&#8217;s pie.\u00a0 However, I recently found a recipe-with-a-twist &#8211; mashed potatoes and carrots from a website called Creating Naturally.\u00a0 Yes, potatoes and carrots, together.\u00a0 In one bowl.\u00a0 As one dish.\u00a0 Of course, I had to modify it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[467,8508,7017,7015,7016,57,3376,178],"class_list":["post-18785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dining","category-recipes","tag-carrots","tag-dinner","tag-healthier-cooking","tag-mashed-potatoes","tag-mashed-potatoes-and-carrots","tag-recipes-2","tag-side-dishes","tag-yogurt"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.delectablychic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mashed-carrots-and-potatoesslider.jpg?fit=580%2C427&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Mf4l-4SZ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/delectablychic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/delectablychic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/delectablychic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delectablychic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delectablychic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18785"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/delectablychic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26259,"href":"https:\/\/delectablychic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18785\/revisions\/26259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delectablychic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/delectablychic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delectablychic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delectablychic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}