im not sure this one even counts as cooking…theres really nothing to it…hell…it only has 3 ingredients (well okay 4 if i count the parmesan but that stuffs optional) and doesnt need seasoning of any kind…and it doesnt take any effort
anyhoo what you will need
instant cheesy mash (just add water! amazing invention)
frozen spinach chopped (i used 750 gr but it really doesnt matter just use enough spinach to feed however many you’re feeding and enough mash to cover it in an oven dish)
and bacon cubes (well..i actually used spek…its baconlike but fattier)
thats it…anyways first you take the frozen spinach and chuck it in a pan..put it on the heat till its at least melted..you dont need to get it properly cooked tho as it will be going into the oven for half an hour anyway)
with the spinach now no longer resembling rocks its time for the mash…it being instant mash i dont think i need to explain anything there…just add a little less water than the packaging tells you to so its nice and thick and somewhat grainy….oh also throw a handfull of bacon cubes in there….for the noms
now you have liquid spinach and something that resembles mash just pour the spinach in to an oven bowl throw as many bacon cubes as you want at it and mix them in
then cover that with the mash…and use a fork flatten it all nicely and make pretty lines…i dunno write your name or some shit (tbh i just like how the ridges made by the fork brown up in the oven..thats why i use a fork)
and now its ready to go in to the oven….buuut…as i had it lying around i sprinkled parmesan on it first…not required at all…but far as im concerned more cheese is better
anyhoo chuck it in the oven for 30 minutes or so at 200c (basically till it starts browning the ridges nicely) and its all done
its probably about as basic as cooking gets….but it is tasty
(is it even really a pie? i dont know but thats what ive always called it and im too lazy to change now)
Mrs. Butcher would skin me alive if I came home with a box of instant mashed potatoes, but I can certainly do this with regular, ol’ potatoes and mash them myself. I wonder how this would do with mashed sweet potatoes.
well..it for sure works with regular self mashed potatos
never tried it with sweets…could be an interesting combo
i dunno tho…could be quite clashing too…lol worth an asperiment i guess
I was able to make diced sweets work with Swiss Chard (spoiler alert for 11/5 FYCE), so it might work with spinach.
I’ll bet this may be a green food delivery vehicle for those who avoid healthy greens!
lol tbh…i normally make it vegetarian…but if the missus aint home the meats come out
(anyhoo…for the veggi version i replace the bacon cubes with chopped onion,paprika and garlic and salt the spinach…also..moar cheese)
I didn’t know instant mashed potatoes existed. I was wondering why you were brewing Loveshaq’s beer at the same time and how I missed the potatoes being prepped.
I know Farscythe is in the Netherlands, but walk into a grocery store in the US, and be appalled at the display of crazy shit on the shelves, my Canadian friend.
My mom always made instant mashed potatoes. Put enough butter on them and they are just fine. [shrug emoji]
lol..instant mash is wonderful stuff if you really cba to cook (and over here at least most of it is pretty not bad…probably also not all that healthy..but meh)
My mother wasn’t a good cook. I never knew there was any other kind of mashed potatoes until I was in HS. My oldest brother got married and he couldn’t wait to tell us his new wife made mashed potatoes, from real potatoes! I’ll never forget the awe in his voice and how impressed my siblings and I were, lol.
I guffawed. REAL POTATOES MA!
I would eat this.Â
yay!
lol you ever find yourself over here ill be happy to cook 🙂