4 Recipes For Mashed Potatoes And Steamed Vegetables
Mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables are a delicious combination. This healthy meal is rich in carbohydrates, potassium and vitamin B5. Therefore, this dish can help you maintain a healthy lifestyle, which is important for your physical and emotional well-being.
So read on to learn more about some healthy, easy-to-prepare and delicious recipes. You can eat mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables alone or combine it with your favorite dishes.
4 recipes for mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables
1. Mashed potatoes with celery
Let’s start preparing a special recipe with mashed potatoes and a little celery. Mashed potatoes are a dish that everyone loves even without extra ingredients. However, it never hurts to give it a special tasteful boost. Do you dare to try?
Ingredients
- 500 g potatoes
- Salt (to taste)
- 300 g celery root
- 150 ml whole milk
- 125 g butter
Preparation
- Wash the potatoes thoroughly and put them in a pan with some water.
- Add some salt and let them cook for 30 minutes.
- While the potatoes are cooking, peel the celery root and cut it into small pieces. Then cook the celery root for 20 minutes.
- Remove the potatoes from the water and peel them while they are still warm.
- Mix the potatoes and celery and mash them completely with a potato masher.
- Put this mixture in a pan and then add the butter.
- Heat over low heat while stirring constantly.
- Finally, heat the milk and add it to the puree before the milk boils.
Now that your mashed potatoes are ready and you know how to prepare different variations, you can learn how to prepare steamed vegetables in different ways.
2. Steamed vegetables with grated cheese
This simple dish contains only 60 calories per serving.
Ingredients
- 250 g Oaxaca cheese (white semi-hard cheese from Mexico)
- 125 g sweet corn
- 60 g carrots
- 300 g broccoli
Preparation
- Wash the vegetables thoroughly and cut them into small pieces.
- Wrap all ingredients in aluminum foil.
- Then prepare the vegetables in the oven at 160 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes.
- Serve these steamed vegetables with your mashed potatoes, which go well with poultry or fish.
3. Stuffed chicken breast with steamed vegetables
Below we will only look at the recipe for the chicken breast. For the mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables, we refer you to the recipes above.
Ingredients for 2 servings
- Various types of vegetables (for steaming)
- 250 g chicken breast
- 300 g breadcrumbs
- 100 g ham
- 50 g cheese
- 50 g egg
Preparation
- Place the desired amount of ham on the chicken breast and roll up the chicken breast.
- Once you’ve filled it, dip the chicken breast several times in a bowl of scrambled eggs, then dip it in the breadcrumbs.
- Stir-fry your chicken breast with a little oil.
- Finally, drain well and serve with the steamed vegetables and mashed potatoes.
4. Steamed Salmon with Butter Vegetables
This dish is absolutely amazing. It is incredibly easy to prepare and also very tasty and nutritious. Be careful though, as this recipe contains Mexican pepper leaf.
This herb is found in Mexico. If you live in a Latin American community or have a good grocery store nearby, you can probably find it. Don’t worry though if you can’t find this ingredient. Steamed salmon is very tasty even without Mexican pepper leaf. Try it yourself!
Ingredients
- Sweet-smelling goosefoot stems
- 55 g onion
- 150 g salmon
- 10 g Mexican pepper leaves
- 220 g red tomato
- Butter and salt (to taste)
Preparation
- Brush the salmon with the butter. Place a Mexican pepper leaf on aluminum foil and place the salmon on top.
- Cut the red tomato and onion and julienne and add these together with the goose foot stems to the salmon. If you like, you can add a few drops of stock.
- Cover the salmon with the Mexican pepper leaves and close the aluminum foil.
- Bake on a hot griddle for 15 minutes or until steaming.
- Then serve it with your mashed potatoes and enjoy.
