
Root vegetable mash
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
Mash doesn't have to be all about potatoes. This superhealthy side adds swede and carrots to the mix for a veggie treat
- Healthy
- Vegetarian
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App onlySea bass with cauliflower mash & parsley sauce. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
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Braised red cabbage with cider & apples
This classic easy side dish of tangy red cabbage is a great accompaniment to cold or hot cooked meats. Serve as part of a big spread or buffet
- 2 large baking potatoescut into chunks
- ½ swedecut into chunks
- 3 carrotsdiced
- 25g unsalted butter
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal171
- fat6g
- saturates3g
- carbs28g
- sugars11g
- fibre5g
- protein3g
- salt0.1glow
Method
step 1
Place the potatoes, swede and carrots in a large pan of salted water. Bring to the boil and cook for 20-25 mins until tender. Drain and mash with a potato masher. Add the butter and a generous amount of seasoning.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2011
Comments, questions and tips (5)
Overall rating
daz.007
How would you reheat from frozen
bakerygoddess
Hi. Could this root vegetable mash be frozen please?

goodfoodteam
Hi, thanks for your question. Yes this can be frozen. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.
Elle1565
does this count as one of your 5 a day?

CassieBest
Hi Elle1565,
You need to eat 85g of a vegetable for it to count, if you weigh the carrot and swede before cooking you should be able to work this out (potato doesn't count towards your 5-a-day intake.) I hope this helps, Cassie (Senior Food Editor, BBC Good Food)

glennsharpe
This is really tasty! Highly recommend!
irmgard2
I made this for Sunday dinner and it was delicious! Even my husband enjoyed it and he doesn't like vegetables. We had it this time with roast pork but I'm thinking that it will be wonderful with our Thanksgiving turkey later this year. I'm not sure what a swede is but I'm thinking it's like a…
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think you may find Swede maybe called rutabaga