Sometimes fast Sunday just calls for it.

By Lili

Sometimes the only foods that sound good on a fast Sunday are grand slam or mashed potatoes. So, we decided to go the mashed potatoes route this time around.

Mashed potatoes are the ultimate comfort food. The recipe that I always use is one that mom once relayed to me. I mostly play it by ear, since they aren't terribly difficult to make, but I still think that making good mashed potatoes is an art.

We just peeled, quartered and boiled about 10-15 potatoes. When you can stick a fork in them and they easily fall apart, strain them and put them into a mixer. At this point, I just go by taste, adding in butter, salt & pepper, and milk (although we like to use some heavy cream to make them extra smooth) until they are the consistency that you desire. We like ours slightly lumpy.

This time, we decided to make some chicken gravy as well! Sadly, we didn't have any chicken drippings, which would be ideal, so we settled for some chicken bouillon. We just made a little rue with butter and flour, and slowly added in the chicken stock a little bit at a time. A little salt and pepper, and you're good! It isn't the fanciest, but it is better than gravy from a packet, and takes just slightly longer.

Needless to say, it was a delicious fast Sunday! Anyway, we will be posting some of our fancier things soon. We just wanted to start out with a few quick posts to work our way up :)