then Cook a simple, comfort food dinner from scratch with me on a busy weeknight when I only have about 40 minutes to work with – one pot mashed potatoes with meatballs & gravy
I am not a meal prepper by any means. But that doesn’t mean I’m not prepared, I just prep in my own way. One thing you can always find in my fridge is a 9″x13″ pan with thawed meat of some sort – ready to be made into a meal.
On this particular day, I had about 40 minutes to make a meal from scratch with 2 lbs of ground beef. I quickly set up my camera and made one of my easy, go-to ground beef meals from scratch: one pot mashed potatoes with meatballs & gravy.
Once you switch to one pot mashed potatoes – you’ll never go back! Save time, work, & dishes doing it this way.
You don’t actually need a “recipe” for this technique. Peel however many potatoes you want, dice them, throw them into a pot with some butter, cover 3/4 the way with whole milk, and simmer for 15-20 minutes until the potatoes are tender enough to be mashed. Then mash, season with salt and pepper to taste, and serve!
- Peel however many potatoes you want
- Dice potatoes
- Add them to a large pot with some butter (I use about 1/4 cup butter with 6 potatoes)
- Pour whole milk into the pot to cover the potatoes about 3/4 way
- Cover with a lid and then simmer on low-med for 15-20 minutes until tender
- Mash with a potato masher right in the pot
- Season with salt & pepper to taste
- Serve
One Pot Mashed Potatoes with Meatballs & Gravy
this is the simplest, most delicious mashed potato recipe you'll ever make! Serve as a side with any meal or with these Swedish meatballs & gravy
Ingredients
One Pot Mashed Potatoes
- 6 whole potatoes, peeled & diced
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2-3 cups whole milk
- 1 t salt (to taste)
- 1/4 t pepper
Swedish Meatballs
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 1 egg
- 1 cup breadcrumbs or 4 pieces of dry bread
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 t salt
- 1/2 t nutmeg
- 1/4 t allspice
Gravy
- 4 T butter
- 1/4 cup flour
- 4 cups beef bone broth
- 1/4 cup cream
- 1/2 t salt
- 1/4 t pepper
- fresh parsley for garnish
Instructions
One Pot Mashed Potatoes
- Peel however many potatoes you want
- Dice potatoes
- Add them to a large pot with some butter (I use about 1/4 cup butter with 6 potatoes)
- Pour whole milk into the pot to cover the potatoes about 3/4 way
- Cover with a lid and simmer on low-med for 15-20 minutes until tender (If oyu'll be making the meatballs - start them now)
- Mash with a potato masher right in the pot
- Season with salt & pepper to taste
- Serve
Swedish Meatballs & Gravy
- Heat a large skillet with a bit of oil or butter
- Add all meatball ingredients to a large mixing bowl and mix together with your hands very well.
- Shape into 1" meatballs
- Add all of the meatballs to the hot skillet and cook for about 2 minutes on each side.
- Set the meatballs aside on a plate (they will not be cooked in the middle at this point, that's ok)
- Use the same skillet to make the gravy - add 4 T butter to the skillet
- When the butter is browned, whisk in the flour to make a roux
- Let the roux bubble for a minute or 2, being careful not to let it burn.
- Slowly begin pouring in the beef bone broth, whisking the whole time.
- Pour in cream, add salt & pepper, whisking while doing so
- Return the meatballs to the gravy right away and let them finish cooking while the gravy simmers and thickens.
- If making with mashed potatoes, mash and seasn the potatoes now.
- After 10 minutes or so, the gravy should be thick and the meatballs cooked through, serve over top of mashed potatoes & with fresh parlsey.
Notes
- If you'd like for your mashed potatoes to be thinner, add more milk or sour cream after mashing.
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