Spinach Potatoes (or Potatoes Florentine)

Ingredients

  • 4 lg potatoes, peeled, cut into 6 pieces
  • 5 cups water
  • ½ cup milk, or more as needed
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp salt
  • 1 pkg frozen spinach
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice

Method

  1. Boil potatoes in a pot for 15-30 minutes until potatoes are soft enough to be easily pierced by a fork
  2. Drain out water, and dump potatoes into a medium bowl or casserole dish.
  3. Add ¼ cup milk and mash the potatoes thoroughly with a potato masher, together with butter melted from being in with the hot potatoes
  4. Stir in more milk as needed, add salt to taste, and whisk to make potatoes light and fluffy
  5. In a small covered dish, heat the spinach in a microwave for 5 minutes until spinach is soft
  6. Stir the spinach thoroughly into the mashed potatoes, and add lemon juice to taste.