Leftover mash-up

I’m sorry I didn’t do leftovers justice here on the blog, but we didn’t have too many!

I gave the kids pumpkin pie for breakfast the day after Thanksgiving because that’s kinda what you do right? But beyond that, the stuff my parents sent us home with got eaten before the weekend was up (mostly by one member of the house, cough cough, Kyle). He lives for my mom’s lima and green bean casserole!

Anyway, I did have a bunch of the potato and cauli mash to use up (which, if you recall, wasn’t a hit with me or the kids).

So instead, I made a soup!

It doesn’t look like much in the instant pot, but it was a lovely thick soup thanks to the mash.

First I used the saute function to cook onions and celery with olive oil, then I added two chicken breasts with lots of dried herbs and some stock and let it pressure cook for 15 minutes. After the natural release, I shredded it and added the mash, frozen corn, chopped carrots, more stock, and salt and pepper. Then I set it to the soup setting and left it alone until dinner time!

Anyone else still have leftovers?