Easy Vegan Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes! The quintessential American side dish, with a plant based twist! A perfect side for the holidays or any day of the week.
These healthy Easy Vegan Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes are perfectly creamy, full of flavor, and so simple to make using minimal ingredients. Homemade is best, and these mashed potatoes are seasoned to give delicious tangy goodness without using vegan sour cream!
Whole Food Plant Based, Vegan, plant based, oil free, refined sugar free, no highly processed ingredients and gluten free.
Hi there, Ameera here!
I love these mashed potatoes! They are so delicious! You won’t miss a thing when you taste these easy-to-make mashed potatoes that have a sour cream flair to them without using vegan sour cream. We ate them all up.
You gotta give this one a try!
Tips for Success:
- Flavor Profile: This is an oil-free Whole Food Plant Based nod to Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes.
- Ume Plum Vinegar: The ume plum vinegar is an essential ingredient to achieving the sour cream flavor. We get a lot of questions on ume plum vinegar. If is fairly inexpensive and adds amazing flavor. You can find it at most health foods stores or purchase from the internet.
- Ume Plum Vinegar Substitutions: We don’t have any substitutions to offer that can duplicate the flavor close enough to arrive at the desired outcome.
- Sea Salt: Our family was completely divided over how much sea salt this dish needed to be seasoned properly. Feel free to adjust the amount to suit your personal preferences.
Leftovers and Freezing:
Leftovers will generally keep for 4-5 days in the refrigerator. Store in a covered container.
This dish freeze well.
Pantry Products Used:
- Ume Plum Vinegar: We used Eden Ume Plum Vinegar. Feel free to use your favorite brand of Ume Plum Vinegar.
- Sea Salt: Please adjust the sea salt based upon your family’s sea salt preferences and/or based upon dietary needs.
Kitchen Products Used:
- Large stock pot (to boil the potatoes)
- Potato masher
- Hand mixer (beater)
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Easy Vegan Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes
- Prep Time: 15 Minutes
- Cook Time: 30-40 Minutes
- Total Time: 45 Minutes
- Yield: 6.5 Cups 1x
- Category: Side
- Method: Stovetop
- Diet: Vegan
Description
These healthy Easy Vegan Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes are perfectly creamy, full of flavor, and so simple to make using minimal ingredients.
Ingredients
Base Ingredients:
- 3 ½ to 4 lbs. Russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 ½ inch cubes
- ½ cup + 2 Tablespoons unsweetened plain plant yogurt
- ¼ cup + 2 Tablespoons unsweetened plain plant milk
- 1 ½ teaspoons ume plum vinegar *
Spice/Herb Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ to 1 teaspoon sea salt (+/-) *
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper (+/-)
Instructions
- Place the Spice/Herb Ingredients in a small bowl, mix well, set aside.
- Placed the peeled and cubed potatoes into a large stock pot, cover with cold water. Sprinkle with sea salt, bring to a boil. Boil until just perfectly tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- When the potatoes are tender, drain thoroughly. Then mash the potatoes with a potato masher. Add the plant yogurt, plant milk, ume plum vinegar and the Spice/Herb Mix. Beat with an electric beater (or continue with the potato masher) until the potatoes are perfectly smooth.
- Taste test, add any additional seasoning as needed to reach the desired flavor.
Notes
*Please reference the blog post for Tips for Success, Pantry Items Used, Storage and Freezing, and Kitchen Products Used.
*Sea Salt: Please adjust the sea salt based upon your family’s sea salt preferences and/or based upon dietary needs.
*Serving: Serves 5 to 6 Makes 6 ½ cups
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