Do nice frozen mashed potatoes exist?

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And if so where do I get them?

I always mean well with cooking shepherds pie but due to having arthritis in my wrists and being a bit of a crap cook... this is the bit I struggle with😬

No judgement please!

I've not seen any without added milk which is a challenge with milk allergies in the household

Could you buy the trays of mashed potato?

Only this week I've bought some in Tesco. Ingredients are literally potato, butter, milk & salt/pepper so I figured they would be ok. They taste lovely.

Just get the refrigerated ones?

I buy the Waitrose ones, I always have a bag in as an emergency stash. I think they’re good, they are frozen in little sausage shapes and you just cover them and bake in the oven, stirring them together with a bit of butter at the end.

I also use the Waitrose ones, same ingredients as if I'd made it myself but just so bloody easy. The Sainsbury's one is also good.

And please do not feel guilty about using it, you've got enough going on with arthritis that anything to make life easier should be embraced!

Do you have a stick blender? You can buy a mashed potato attachment.

These with added salted butter and a little dash of milk are lovely.

Add in some grated Gruyere and they're sublime 😁

I also think they're better than refrigerator ones... Those always taste a bit funky.

The M&S microwave packs of mashed potato are nice!

I was also going say the fresh ones in M&S are nice. We often get them as part of a 'dine in' deal.

Aunt Bessie frozen mash is potatoes, milk and salt. Just like you would make at home. It's nice. Sometimes I add some extra butter, to make it even nicer!

I've tried several and love them all. I add more butter because I'm a glutton. I loathe making mashed potatoes, frozen means dh gets some of the foods he loves.

I always find them a bit heavy so I let them defrost and add a bit of milk

Only one I think is worth buying is M&S and their fresh one is good too

frozen carrot and swede is very good as an alternative for some dishes and nicer that frozen mash potato

That's exactly what I do . I love Aunt Bessie's

and I always add a bit of milk and butter to ready made mash, warm the milk up first it then doesn't go all starchy

I second the Tesco ones - I always have a bag in the freezer. Life is too short to peel taters!🌞

I always use frozen mash on shepherds pie. I found that my own mashed potatoes would sink so I gave frozen mash a go and have never looked back.
The Tesco ones are superior to others I’ve tried.

www.argos.co.uk/product/9214419

Can't remember the last time I made my own mash. Most of the frozen supermarket ones are absolutely fine - add some milk/butter of your own for extra deliciousness. Takes a few mins in the microwave and no faffing or lumpy mash!

This is what we use but I find recently that the taste has changed a bit and it’s more like Smash/powdered mash - I need to add salt, butter and a bit of cream.

Also - why the bloomin heck did they change from the bigger round discs to tiny little cubes!!! A pain in the bum counting them out - 1st world problems lol

A Tesco recommendation for the Tesco ones! I also add a little of my own milk half way through microwaving

Tesco here too
So worth it for non-aching wrists!

I get the cathedral cheesy mash from Iceland like other people I add some butter to it while heating