Mashed potatoes are so overdone and can be limiting for people who don’t want a lot of carbs. This year, make carb friendly Loaded Mashed Parsnips instead!
This year, we are hosting Thanksgiving for our whole immediate family. That means my home will be packed with the joy of 19 people, including kids. While I am super excited to spend the holiday with close family, it also totally makes me dream of updating my kitchen to make it look better and function better. 
Making Loaded Mashed Parsnips in the midst of other Thanksgiving preparations would be so much easier if I could redesign my kitchen.
I’ve been bugging Mathlete about our kitchen for quite some time. It has several issues I would like to address like the matching cabinets and floors and the overall work space. It makes it so difficult for two people to be cooking in the kitchen at the same time…a must when planning a big Thanksgiving feast.
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I am definitely researching costs for painting the cabinets and potentially rearranging the layout of the kitchen to see if it will fit within the amount we could get as a Home Equity loan from Capital One. Just a few small tweaks would make it so much easier for me to be making our turkey while my mom whips up Loaded Mashed Parsnips.
While I am not sure we will have our kitchen renovated before Thanksgiving, I am excited to know how easy it is to get a Home Equity loan to fun out big kitchen renovation so that I might be able to get it done before family comes back for Christmas!
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If you love this Loaded Mashed Parsnips recipe, you’ll love these other Thanksgiving vegetable side dishes:
Essential items for this parsnip mash recipe:
- Cutting board
- Large pot
- Food processor or potato masher
- 1.5 lbs Parsnips peeled
- 1 medium Potato peeled
- 2 tsp Salt
- 1/4 cup Heavy Cream
- 3 tbsp Butter
- 3 slices Bacon cooked and crumbled
- 1/4 cup Sour Cream
- 1/2 cup Shredded Cheese
- Chives chopped
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Cut parsnips and potato into one inch pieces. Place in large pot and cover with water. Add 1 tsp salt. Bring to boil over high heat.
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Once boiling, lower heat and simmer for 12-15 minutes or until very tender. Drain.
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Using a potato masher or food processor, mix together parsnips, potatoes, butter, heavy cream, remaining salt and sour cream.
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Stir in bacon pieces and shredded cheese. Top with chopped chives just before serving.
Whar kind of shreeded cheese do you use for your loaded mashed parsnips! Thank uou.
I used shredded cheddar for this recipe. Shredded Swiss would be great too!
I love parsnips! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up and don’t forget to leave a comment at the party – Next week’s features that also leave a comment get pinned, yummed and tweeted!
I’ve never had parsnips but this recipe makes me want to try them out! Thanks for sharing!
I must confess – I’ve never had a parsnip! I’ve never known what to do with them. I need to try this now!! y whole family would love it. Thank you for sharing at the Share the Wealth Sunday party – we hope to see you again soon!
My mouth won’t stop watering this sounds so amazing! 🙂
I fell in love with parsnips when we had them as an ingredient on Crazy Ingredient Challenge. Thanks for sharing on Creative K Kids #TastyTuesdays
Never thought of making mashed parsnips. They must be so delicious, with all that crunchy toppings!
I love this idea for mashed parsnips! (And that’s so exciting about your kitchen!)