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Reggie's Freezer-Friendly Holiday Menus
Layered Potatoes and Yams
Total cooking time: 1 hour after thawing overnight in refrigerator
4 LARGE BAKING POTATOES
1 ONION
4 YAMS
8 OZ. CUBED CREAM CHEESE
½ CUP LIGHT SOUR CREAM, DIVIDED
SALT, PEPPER AND NUTMEG
1 ONION
4 YAMS
8 OZ. CUBED CREAM CHEESE
½ CUP LIGHT SOUR CREAM, DIVIDED
SALT, PEPPER AND NUTMEG
- Peel and cube baking potatoes, onion and yams. Place potatoes and onion in one saucepan and yams in another.
- Cover each with cold water. Bring to the boil and simmer about 25 minutes until vegetables are tender.
- Drain and mash baking potatoes and onion. Beat in half cream cheese and half\ sour cream until creamy.
- Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Spoon into greased 8 cup casserole, spreading evenly.
- Drain and mash yams. Beat in remaining cream cheese and sour cream until creamy. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Spoon yams over potato layer, spreading evenly. Cover and freeze.
- Day before – thaw in fridge overnight.
- Bake, covered, in 350 oven about an hour or until heated through.
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