Mashed Potatoes--Thanksgiving

A while ago, my friend Julie gave me some great Thanksgiving recipes. I wanted to keep them all together in one place. They were very good and easy.  So here they are in the next posts, even if it is not for a Thanksgiving dinner, this one will spice up your mashed potatoes. 

INGREDIENTS: 

-7-8 big potatoes. (1,5 kg).

-200 grms. cream cheese.

-2 spoonfuls of butter.
-1,5 teaspoons of salt.
-2,5 spoonfuls of onion powder.

-0,5 teaspoons of garlic.

-a few chives or herbs for decoration.

STEPS:

1. Peel the potatoes, boil them and smash them, really, really, really well.
2. Add the butter, cream cheese, onion powder, garlic powder and salt. Keep adding up more of these spices as you like, but be careful it is not super oniony or salty.
3. Mix it all up until is super creamy and then decorate with some chives or some green neutral herb on top.
 
You can also use Ranch dressing with the mashed potatoes if you want to go crazy american.