While potatoes cook, add peeled, whole garlic cloves, or mash them with the potatoes. You can also add peeled and quartered rutabaga, celery root, turnip or parsnip.

As a kid I never much cared for parsnips. My dad was wild about them, but I was unmoved, figuring that if they were white and ended in "-nip," they ...

Mashed, roasted, boiled, fried: Almost anything that can be done with a potato was done with the parsnip. The introduction of the potato pushed the parsnip aside.

The second option for enhancing your mashed potatoes is to supplement your potatoes with other root vegetables. You could use turnips, parsnips, sunchokes, or sweet potatoes—whatever you like best!

Similar to carrots, parsnips are root vegetables that have a distinctive flavor which adds depth to a number of vegetarian dishes ...

It's also fantastic for an at home date night served with mashed potatoes or a parsnip puree. Add a garden salad or some roasted broccoli to round out the meal.