I have yet to come across a toddler who doesn’t enjoy mashing, smashing, banging or otherwise attempting to destroy things. Unfortunately for me, Fig has a tendency to deconstruct items of value. Furthermore, I usually make it to the crime scene after the damage has been done and there’s no possibility of thwarting the the tiny act of vandalism.
So making smashed potatoes with a toddler is multifunctional; they can smash and mash to their little hearts desire and make a tasty side dish at the same time. There is one drawback to this dish; every time Fig now sees a potato he tries to smash the crap out of it. A recent side dish of whole roasted rosemary potatoes was destroyed in under 30 seconds the other day while we were not looking. You’ve been warned!

Also note to add a few extra potatoes to the batch as several will most likely get eaten during the smashing process.
Ingredients:
- Baby Red Potatoes ( we cooked about 10 for three people)
- 1 teaspoon of olive oil
- Salt to taste
Directions:
- Bring potatoes to boil. Once boiling, turn down heat to low and let simmer for 20-25 minutes or until tender.
- Let potatoes completely cool.
- Once cool, invite an eager toddler to smash them onto a baking sheet.
- Preheat oven to 415 fahrenheit.
- Drizzle smashed potatoes with olive oil and salt; bake for 20-25 minutes or until crispy and brown.
- We serve our potatoes with Sage Aioli but they are just as delicious with a bit of butter.

Having a toddler do the smashing makes for some interesting shaped potatoes but the taste is still amazing!
I really like this idea! And he is just too cute!
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Thanks! Even I love smashing the potatoes…particularly after a long day with a crazy toddler 🙂
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Lol! I love this. I had to laugh when I read how Fig tries to smash the crap out of potatoes! Great idea, seriously.
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Thank you! And yes, we have a reckless potato smasher on our hands now…he can’t be unsupervised when potatoes are in the vicinity 🙂
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I just bought a bag of red skinned potatoes! Definitely doing this one!!
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It’s so much fun and the dish is always a hit (no pun intended 🙂 at our house for dinner!
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