If you have leftover potatoes from Thanksgiving, you can turn things around for breakfast with these savory mashed potato waffles. Created by Jessica Merchant at the food blow How Sweet It Is, the recipe incorporates the bold flavors of bacon and blue cheese as well. Top with an egg for added protein, and your morning will certainly be off to an energetic start.
The starchy alternative only calls for a few ingredients -- mashed potatoes, flour, eggs, cooked bacon crumbles and crumbled blue cheese. You can serve the mashed potato waffles with extra blue cheese, more bacon and an egg in the style of your choosing. You are also going to need a waffle maker. This morning meal recipe is worth holding on to all winter long.
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