Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The creamy carbs also get bonus points for being easy to make. If you can boil water, you can whip up a batch of mashed potatoes.

Mashed simply with a fork, put through a ricer, or whipped with a splash of double cream and knobs of butter, a serving of mashed taters is as heavenly as it gets. But what to do with the leftovers?

Did you know that when you are devouring your potato salad and mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving dinner, you are eating two different types of potatoes? There are waxy potatoes, and then there are ...