Have slithering good fun turning basic mashed potatoes into silly green serpents.
Mashed Snakes
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 45 min
- Ingredients 8
- Servings 16
Ingredients
- 3 medium potatoes (about 1 lb), peeled, quartered
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 2 to 3 tablespoons milk
- Salt to taste
- 10 drops green food color
- 6 drops yellow food color
- 4 small pimiento-stuffed olives, sliced
- 8 pimiento slices (from olives)
Instructions
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Step1In 2-quart saucepan, place potatoes; add enough water just to cover potatoes. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 18 to 20 minutes or until tender; drain. Mash potatoes with potato masher or electric mixer on medium speed. Add butter and milk. Stir until light and fluffy. Add salt. Stir in food color.
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Step2Place mashed potatoes in gallon-size resealable food-storage plastic bag. Cut about 1-inch hole in 1 corner of bag. Pipe “snakes” onto serving plates. Place 2 olive slices on one end of snake for eyes. Cut pimiento in half for snake tongue. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
40
Calories
1 1/2g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
6g
Total Carbohydrate
0g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 40
- Calories from Fat
- 15
- Total Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 3%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 5%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 45mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 95mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 6g
- 2%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 0g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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