Recipes For Leftover Mashed Potatoes

Even though we love them there are times when we have some leftover mashed potatoes. Either you made too much of them, you made to much food in general, people weren’t that hungry to begin with… and you have leftovers. Now common thing to do is to leave them in your fridge if someone might feel like eating them in the evening, next day.. but that almost never happens and after a few days you throw them away :). At least this is how it usually went in my house.

But it doesn’t have to be so. There are plenty of things to do with leftover mashed potatoes. There is a whole bunch of recipes that require or at least allow you to use leftover mashed potatoes as an ingredient. Turning them into a new meal makes them interesting once again.

So this page on our site is dedicated to a collection of recipes for leftover mashed potatoes. What can you prepare? There are all sorts of things, foods that you can use them for. For instance you can make potato cakes, you can make potato pancakes, you can make potato soup, potato casserole, potato pie, potato omelet… you can even make potato candy!

Just browse through the recipes below and you will find many uses for leftover mashed potatoes. And if you have any of your own – you can share them with us.

Enjoy!

PS: you can use leftover mashed potatoes for (sweet) potato pie (there is a whole bunch of recipes if you follow this link) and there is also a potato pie recipe section on this website.

A Quick Leftover Mashed Potatoes Recipe From Ross A leftover mashed potatoes recipe from England.
Baked Mashed Potato Spanish Omelet Recipe Have a bowl of some leftover mashed potatoes in the fridge and no idea what to do with them? Well here is a great way to use them up and have a great refreshing meal at the same time. This is a recipe easy enough for any cook of any skill level.
Leftover Mashed Potato Casserole Recipe The leftover mashed potato casserole uses ingredients that most people already have in their kitchen. It's a great way for people to turn boring leftovers into something delicious that everyone can enjoy. The best part is that the recipe for this sweet potato casserole is quick and easy to make.
Mashed Potato Patties With Parmesan Recipe Mashed potatoes are an extremely valuable resource. you can use them as a delicious treat for your family and once you are done with them you can convert the left overs into any number of delicious treats. One of the easiest recipes that you can make with left over mashed potatoes is mashed potato patties with parmesan.
Mashed Potato Pancake Recipe If you love mashed potatoes then you will absolutely love this new recipe for mashed potato pancakes. The sweet and savory mixture of tastes and smells is sure to get your taste buds motivated. The recipe uses left over mashed potatoes and combines them with a few extra ingredients to make a potato pancake recipe that far surpasses anything else you have every eaten.
Mashed Potato Dumplings Recipe Mashed potatoes can be re purposed into almost any imaginable combination of food. They can be made into a soup, a pancake, a patty or even a dumpling. This recipe will show you how to transform a pot of uneaten mashed potatoes into a delicious dish of mashed potato dumplings that is sure to entertain and fill your entire family.
Maine Potato Candy - Simple, Sweet, and Decadent Chocolate, coconut, and… potatoes?! Though unusual sounding, these ingredients turn into a sinfully sweet and decadent candy that is a holiday tradition yet perfect for any time of year. Easy to make, these are a wonderful way to use up leftover mashed potatoes. Just make sure those leftovers contain no milk or butter.
Leftover Thanksgiving Casserole Recipe All of the excitement you felt when you began preparing those delicious, traditional Thanksgiving recipes may turn to uncertainty and dismay when you survey the leftovers in your refrigerator. The answer to your dilemma is this leftover Thanksgiving casserole recipe. The ingredients are versatile and the assembly process is very simple.
Leftover Mashed Potato Soufflé Making a potato soufflé from leftover mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes is both nutritious and economical. Using four ingredients that you already have on hand-leftover mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes, butter, eggs, and milk-you can create a quick and easy vegetarian meal in about thirty minutes.
Cheesy Potato Pancakes Recipe Here is a tasty potato pancake recipe with cheddar cheese added in to the mix to make Cheesy Potato Pancakes. The other ingredients are egg, garlic, onion, mashed potatoes, salt, pepper and flour. This is a delicious way to use any mashed potatoes left from dinner. This is an easy recipe to make even if you are new to cooking. There are many possible variations that can be done with this recipe with a litle creativity some are included in the recipe information.
Mashed Potato Rolls Recipe This recipe is very easy to make and it is great for holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving.
Mashed Potato Soup Recipe If you have ever made a large pot of mashed potatoes and wound up with a large batch of extra potatoes left ver you have probably wondered how in the world you can re use those potatoes for something else. You may also have cringed at the thought of throwing away such good quality food. A quick and easy solution is to take those mashed potatoes and turn them into a delicious potato soup.
Mashed Potato Yeast Bread Recipe There are few better ways to use leftover mashed potatoes than by whipping up a loaf or two of mashed potato yeast bread. These loaves bake up golden brown and delicious, feature just a touch of sweetness and make an excellent addition to any meal.
Leftover Mashed Potatoes with Baked Eggs and Bacon If you are looking for a recipe to use all those leftover Mashed Potatoes in from the holidays, you have just found it! This receipe will knock you socks off with the combination of Bacon, Eggs, Mashed Potatoes, and chese. All in one main dish for you and your family. For the one who will eat anything to the picky eater in your home.
Shepherd’s Pie Recipe Shepherd’s pie is a great way to use leftovers and this pie recipe even uses leftover mashed potatoes in addition to the lamb, ground beef, or turkey from the day before. Also known as cottage pie, this dish is usually called shepherd’s pie in Canada, even if a meat other than lamb is used. Shepherd’s pie is usually used as a way to prepare a meal using up the leftovers from the day before. There are several different recipes for shepherds’ pie with different variations of ingredients. Sticking to a recipe is all ways a good idea, however, with shepherd’s pie substitutions with other leftover items may yield surprising results.
Easy Leftover Mashed Potato Croquettes Recipe Perhaps, you got a little heavy handed when making mashed potatoes last time or maybe you did it on purpose to have some leftovers. Whatever the case, this croquettes recipe is a quick and easy way to mix a lot of on-hand ingredients into a delicious dinner for you and your family.
Cheese and Mashed Potato Pie Recipe A cheese and mashed potato pie is an excellent way to reinvent left over mashed potatoes to create a delicious side dish for the next day's meal.