Parmesan Mashed Potatoes Recipe (2024)

Bob Evans or mashed potatoes purchased from the refrigerator case at Costco are absolutely terrific if you add some half-and-half some butter and some grated nutmeg. Nutmeg is the secret ingredient. Check the seasoning for salt and pepper.

That’s my one big help & secret - make the mashed potatoes as usual & put in the slow cooker/crock pot - on low add lots of butter. Lasts all day & taste fresh

I was not sure which bowls were heat proofed but I made this on the stove and it was fine. I just added some water. It was a hit.

I’ve been using prepared mashers forever. I add a couple of boiled Yukon golds and make sure there’s a lump or two to keep them guessing. Half and half butter salt and salted potato water. If by some slim chance there are leftovers- turkey shepherds pie. Hoo boy.

Instant potatoes, half and half, butter, salt, pepper, a little onion powder, and a splash or so of Worcestershire and you get yourself terrific potatoes.

1. Just heat the mashed potatoes in the microwave in the container(s) that they come in. I tripled the recipe.2. Do NOT make the potatoes ahead of time. This recipe takes just a couple of minutes; that way you will not have to store them in your overstuffed refrigerator overnight or reheat them. 3. Delicious! I am never making regular mashed potatoes again. Even before I added anything, the Bob Evans potatoes were delicious. Thanks, Ina!

A hint: Take 3 eggs and separate them. Stir yolks into the potato mixture and then whip the whites into stiff peaks. Fold them into the potatoes, put into a buttered casserole and top with thinly sliced onions and a little melted butter. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes and potatoes will puff like a souffle. I even used this trick with instant potatoes. Yummy!

I’ve have always added Half and Half to instant potatoes. I’ll be adding this too and trying the frozen potatoes!

Using a prepared mashed potato brand like Bob Evans has been around for years during the super busy holiday time. Circa “Semi Homemade by Sandra Dee” comes to mind and her many ideas for preparing tasty food and serving it up quickly. I love to take a prepared food and add different ingredients to ramp up the flavor, or fool my guests into thinking I have slaved over a stove all day. Thank you Ina Garten for your “good” ideas.

I used forager sour cream and vegan butter. Works like a charm

Salt overload!! And I love salt. What a shame, as all I could taste was salt. I could tell that the Bob Evans premade potatoes would be so much better with one third to one half less salt. I threw out the whole batch.

Watch the salt. I love salt, but adding two tsp was excessive.

I used half the amount of salt (Diamond Crystal) and it was still too salty for me. The packaged potatoes are already salted and the Parmesan is salty so you might want to reduce the salt or leave it out altogether until you taste,

I made these exactly by the recipe and the potatoes are soupy, and I added 12 more oz Bob Evans to No avail!So disappointed.

Followed this recipe ingredient-wise, but cooked it in a crock-pot to make it a bit easier. Heated the Bob Evans potatoes 3 hours on low, then added the sour cream, parmesan and butter, cooked until hot (about 1 more hour) then switched to keep warm until serving. Great! Will never make potatoes from scratch again.

Used two 24 oz tubs of Bob Evans mashed potatoes. Added 3 microwaved and smashed medium russet potatoes. Did all the heating with a microwave. This dish was the hit of our table! And, we had 2 pretty great turkeys—one roasted, one smoked. Everyone had seconds/thirds on the potatoes. The creaminess of the Bob Evans combined with the rustic little bits of the russets aided by the hit of shredded Parmesan—just all came together in an extremely pleasing way.

I have tested Bob Evans vs. made-from-scratch. Bob Evans is better. The added ingredients of sour cream, grated parmesan, and extra butter only make it...better than better. And, more pepper is also a good idea.Always gets high praise. Just don't let anyone ever see the Bob Evans package in your highlycreative kitchen!

Made these potatoes in the crock pot. I’m not liking the flavor with the added sour cream. Any one else have issues either flavor?

Comments on the actual recipe would be appreciated.

Love your Parm Smash Potatoes. One suggestion: instead of black pepper, use white pepper. Try it, if you like black bettergo back.

This is so confirming! We've been doing a variation of this recipe for years w/ Bob Evans. I call it a secret family recipe and hide the containers outside deep in the garbage bins!

The warm (vs cold) milk is the secret to the best mashed potatoes! What a difference!

1. Just heat the mashed potatoes in the microwave in the container(s) that they come in. I tripled the recipe.2. Do NOT make the potatoes ahead of time. This recipe takes just a couple of minutes; that way you will not have to store them in your overstuffed refrigerator overnight or reheat them. 3. Delicious! I am never making regular mashed potatoes again. Even before I added anything, the Bob Evans potatoes were delicious. Thanks, Ina!

Buy your own organic potatoes and make it from scratch. Potatoes are always on the top pesticides list. Why they're so riddled with pesticides, I have no idea but I'd never eat a conventionally grown potato and certainly nothing processed from a grocery store.

Ok to do these in microwave? That is how i usually do BE with extras. But I can see where stovetop would be better for stirring and whipping various additions.