Lots of herbs and cut down saturated fats
Delicious creamy mashed potatoes, enriched with lashings of butter, are an occasional treat only. But there are plenty of ways of smartening up your spuds the healthy way. Try these.
- Crush potatoes with a fork and mix with olive oil, parsley and a bit of pepper. Good with grilled fish.
- Try using less floury varieties of potato such as Ratte, pink fir apple or Anja potatoes. Their taste and texture is so distinctive, they barely need butter.
- Roast potato wedges in the oven as a healthy alternative to chips. Thick cut chips with the skins on absorb less oil than the skinny, peeled variety.
- Rather than seasoning your potatoes with salt, opt for chopped fresh herbs. A handful of parsley, dill or mint works wonders.
- Alternatives to butter in your mash or jacket potato include low fat crème fraîche, perhaps with a spoon of mustard or pesto.
