We love those refrigerated potatoes; they’re very handy, and barely different from homemade.
But I have a question: Whenever I’ve made ‘real’ mashed potatoes and had leftovers, I could freeze the leftovers, and they’d be fine for a while. (I have a horror of wasting food, and always freeze some leftover lunch plates after a big holiday dinner.)
When I make ‘instant’ mashed potatoes, they don’t freeze at all well, but just go to a yucky, watery slurry.
Can you freeze the Bob Evans refrigerated ones, either before or after cooking? I’ve never tried that.
-JT
I usually purchase 3 or 4 of the Bob Evans or other brand mashed potatoes in our once a month @ payday shopping trip. Then, I put them in the freezer.
When I am ready to use them, I put them in the Micro wave on defrost till they are thawed. Then cook according to directions, and serve or put on top of a casserole.