Leftover Mashed Potato Pancakes

If you have leftover mashed potatoes and you know you won't be reheating them for dinner, you can make a nice weekend breakfast treat pretty easily.

In a medium bowl, toss in your leftover mashed, maybe about 2 c. or so, add an egg and some grated onion with a little bit of chives if you have them. Toss in a couple of T. of flower and mix well. Let the mixture sit for fifteen minutes or so to let the gluten do its job and get rid of that floury taste.

Then heat a skillet to medium-high and toss in a little canola (very little) and some butter for good flavor. Take a spoon and drop nicely sized balls of potato mixture into the pan, leaving enough room for them to cook and be flipped like pancakes. When one side is brown, flip to the other side and gently flatten with your spatula. If you've preheated your oven to around 200 degrees, you can stack them up nicely and keep them hot while you make eggs and bacon or whatever else you want to serve with them.

It's a nice way to use up leftovers and it's good comfort food! As you can see, they were a hit.