Learn how to make dairy free mashed potatoes four ways! These dairy free mashed potatoes are perfectly creamy. Don’t miss out on this perfect side dish just because you’re dairy free! Make these vegan mashed potatoes today!
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Mashed potatoes are one of the most popular side dishes ever. For some, it’s literally not a holiday meal unless there’s delicious mashed potatoes on the table. It’s one of the easiest comfort foods to make and, if you can perfect them (like we show you below), they can be the creamy and delicious mashed potatoes of your dreams. No one will even notice these are vegan mashed potatoes.
One of the main reasons that mashed potatoes are so popular, is because they are so versatile. There are a ton of mashed potatoes mix-ins that you can use. Not only will you learn how to make classic mashed potatoes, but we’re showing you how to make them three other ways. A delicious dairy free cheesy mashed potatoes recipe with chives. Then, a loaded dairy free mashed potatoes recipe with bacon, cheese, sour cream, and green onions. Lastly, a dairy free spinach and artichoke mashed potatoes recipe. Ready? Let’s go!
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What ingredients do I need to make dairy free mashed potatoes?
Mashed potatoes don’t require a lot of ingredients, thankfully. You’ll only need four ingredients for these delicious dairy free mashed potatoes. For the classic dairy free mashed potatoes recipe, you’ll need.
- Russet Potatoes
- Vegetable Broth
- Vegan Butter
- Unsweetened Almond Milk
- Salt
- Pepper
What is the Best Dairy Free Milk for Mashed Potatoes?
When making dairy free mashed potatoes, you want to keep the flavor as neutral as possible. You always want to go with an unsweetened, unflavored milk. Sugar has no place in mashed potatoes and definitely nothing flavored is needed. The best dairy free milk for mashed potatoes is an unsweetened almond or soy milk. We prefer unsweetened almond milk for our dairy free mashed potatoes.
How many pounds of potatoes do I need per person?
The standard answer of how many potatoes do you need per person is ½ a pound uncooked potatoes per person. The recipe we create below uses 2.5lbs and we recommend that serving 4 people. We add a little bit more simply because they are the best dairy free mashed potatoes around and you’ll want to have a little more on hand for when you eat a serving of them before they get to your table. Don’t worry, secret is safe with us.
You can easily double or triple this recipe as written depending on how many people you are serving at your dinner table or holiday get together.
How do you make the perfect dairy free mashed potatoes?
Start by adding the vegetable broth to a stock pot. Add in cubed and peeled Russet potatoes. Bring the potatoes to a boil and cook until fork tender. Using a slotted spoon, remove the potatoes to another bowl, reserving the remaining cooking liquid.
To the bowl with the potatoes, add in butter, milk, and salt and pepper. Using a potato masher, mashed the potatoes until creamy consistency. Some lumps may remain. You can keep mashing if you desire a smoother consistency, but careful not to overly work the potatoes. Taste and add more salt and pepper if needed. You can also add a little more milk if needed.
It’s really just that simple to make an amazing vegan mashed potatoes recipe. Use the reserved cooking liquid to make dairy free gravy.
Making mashed potatoes other ways
There are a ton of different ways to make dairy free mashed potatoes, but here’s three delicious ideas. For all of them, make the original mashed potatoes as described above. Then, follow below as desired.
Cheesy Dairy Free Mashed Potatoes
Once the original mashed potatoes are completed, add in 1 cup of dairy free shredded cheese that is meltable (we like Daiya Shredded Cheddar) to warmed potatoes. Stir gently until the cheese is mixed thoroughly. Top with ⅛ cup of chopped chives.
Loaded Dairy Free Mashed Potatoes
To the original mashed potatoes recipe, add in 1 cup of dairy free shredded cheese that is meltable (we like Daiya Shredded Cheddar), ½ teaspoon of garlic powder, ½ cup crumbled bacon (use Lightlife bacon if vegan), ⅛ cup green onions, and ¼ cup vegan sour cream.
If you don’t have or can’t find vegan sour cream, you can add 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice to ¼ cup plain vegan yogurt and let sit for 5 minutes before adding as described above.
Top with additional green onions and crumbled bacon as desired.
Spinach and Artichoke Dairy Free Mashed Potatoes
To start this recipe, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet. Add 1 cup uncooked spinach and ¾ cup chopped artichokes. Cook until spinach is wilted. Add in cooked ingredients to the original mashed potatoes recipe with 1 cup vegan parmesan cheese.
If you do not have or can’t find vegan parmesan cheese, you can add to a food processor: 1 cup sunflower seeds, ¼ cup nutritional yeast, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon onion powder, ½ teaspoon salt and ⅛ teaspoon pepper. Blend until fine crumbles. Do not over blend as this will turn to a paste.
DON’T FORGET THE DAIRY FREE GRAVY FOR YOUR MASHED POTATOES!
Tips for making the perfect mashed potatoes without milk?
Just because you’re making mashed potatoes without milk or butter from a dairy cow, doesn’t mean that you can’t have perfectly creamy mashed potatoes. We hope this answers all of the questions you have about perfecting these dairy free mashed potatoes, but as always leave a comment if you have one we haven’t answered.
- Only use Russet or Yukon Gold potatoes to make these dairy free mashed potatoes
- Potatoes are very bland. Cooking in vegetable broth yields a ton more flavor and this step shouldn’t be skipped. (Tip: Cook your rice in broth for more flavor too!)
- Don’t skimp on the salt! Potatoes need salt! They beg for it.
- Don’t add salt to the pot. I understand this is critical to making mashed potatoes when using water; however, the salt content in the broth is all you need.
- Add your potatoes to cold or room temperature water, then turn on the heat. Otherwise, you’ll end up with unevenly cooked potatoes.
- Add room temperature or warm butter and milk to your potatoes.
- Process the potatoes as little as possible when mashing. We prefer using a potato masher, but smoother potatoes can be achieved if you use a mixer and we understand why you may want that. No matter which way you choose, do not over mash or over mix them. The more you do, the more you risk more starch being realized, which gives you gummy mashed potatoes.
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Dairy Free Mashed Potatoes (Vegan)
Ingredients
- 2.5 lbs Russet Potatoes
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- ½ cup vegan butter
- ¼ cup unsweetened almond milk*
- ¾ teaspoon salt*
- ¼ tsp pepper*
- Dairy Free Gravy, Optional
Instructions
- Peel potatoes and cut into 1in cubes.
- Add vegetable stock and potatoes to pot. Turn on medium heat and bring to a boil.
- Continue to cook for 10-15 minutes or until fork tender.
- Using a slotted spoon, remove the potatoes to a large bowl, reserving the cooking liquid to make gravy.
- To the bowl, add in the butter, milk, salt and pepper.
- Using a potato masher, mash the potatoes.
- *Taste the potatoes and add more salt and pepper as needed. If needed more creamy, add a tablespoon of milk at a time up to ¼ cup more.
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The perfect mash & gravy. Made it today for Thanksgiving!
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We recently made these loaded mashed potatoes, vegan, for Thanksgiving. They are so delicious!! Everyone loved them and kept going back for more, and even asked me to cook more once the potatoes were gone. ?
Best thing ever. I will be telling everyone I know about them.
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These mashed potatoes sound yummy, thanks for including my Slow Cooker Roast Lamb:-)