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Mummified Mashed IdahoŽ Potatoes
Frighteningly fun, making Mummified Mashed Idaho® Potatoes is a great activity for the kids at a Halloween party. It's a guarantee they'll gobble up these mashed potatoes!
Yield: 4 mummies
Estimated Cost per Serving*: 1.50
Ingredients
- 1/2 box (4 cups) instant mashed Idaho® potatoes
- Corn husk* (fresh or packaged)
- Assorted vegetables
Recommended vegetables: - Peas and carrots for eyes
- Herbs for eyelashes
- Black olive slices for eyebrows
- Corn kernels for ears
- Sliced radishes and olive halves for shoes
Additional suggestions: - Red, yellow, green bell pepper slices
- Sugar snap peas
- Cucumbers
- Green beans
- Zucchini
- Eggplant
Directions
- After preparing instant mashed potatoes according to box directions, let potatoes cool to touch.
- Place opened cornhusk on plate and put on large dollop (approximately 3/4 cup) of potatoes in center of husk. Gently mold potatoes into the oblong shape of a mummy.
- Select vegetables to create mummy features and choose approximate location where to place. Carefully press the vegetables into potatoes.
Note: Cornhusks are used to enhance the visual appearance (they are not edible). Mummified Mashed Idaho Potatoes can be prepared without cornhusks.
Estimated Nutritional Analysis per Serving:
(mashed potatoes only) 267 calories, 3 g fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 7 g protein, 57 g carbohydrates
* The Estimated Cost per Serving is a calculated estimate based on a national food average and assumes the preparer already has ingredients like salt, pepper, cooking oils, assorted spices/condiments and other traditional staples readily available in the home kitchen.
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