Root Vegetable Mash – Recipe No. 165

15 thoughts on “Root Vegetable Mash – Recipe No. 165


  1. comfort food at its best, and using up your leftovers great recipe going to do this tonight thanks Carolyn and good to see new recipes 🙂


    • I know you can buy non organic from the stores much cheaper but to me investing in freshly picked and mostly British veg that has been organically grown just makes me feel like I’m doing the right thing for my body and my psyche….hope you enjoy yours xxx


  2. lol im sure i will, i have ordered the bumper box just hope the kids like eating veg everyday with everything 🙂 xx


    • Ooooooo yum! 🙂 I order the large every week just for myself although I do make a couple of communal dishes with it too….I’d say 60 percent minimum of my diet is veg so eat a lot! My box comes on a Wednesday…when will yours come? Xxx


  3. Just made this last night to accompany a 1940s diner meatloaf recipe and it was DELICIOUS. Both the fresh thyme and the parsnips really added a delicious flavor and kept the carrots from overwhelming the potatoes. It was also a nice change from the usual homemade mashed potatoes (not that there’s anything wrong with those of course!) Plus, it let me use up some older potatoes and two stray carrots in the refrigerator.

    I was even able to make it stretch further! Today, I thought of using the leftovers to accompany sandwiches, but there wasn’t enough of it for two servings. I had some leftover half and half and whipping cream in the refrigerator (not enough of either to do anything), so I heated the leftovers, added a touch more of the thyme and a bit more of the garlic sauteed in a knob of butter, stirred in the half and half and whipping cream (I had just enough to make it loose and liquid) and then ran it all through my food processor to make a smooth soup. I added a dash of salt and white pepper and turned it back in to heat through.

    I had enough for two respectable bowls and it was absolutely delicious. Let’s hear it for using the leftovers and the fridge odds and ends! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe!

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  5. I remember this, and several other of your recipes from my mothers cooking in the 1960s. I didn’t realise I was eating wartime recipes! Thanks for bringing them back to me.

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