Wednesday night, Stephen and Dave cooked us up a delicious dinner of chicken, rice, and veggies (pictured above).

While their mix of brussels sprouts, carrots, parsnips, shallots & potatoes turned out perfectly, I have an unfortunate tendency to overcook my vegetables (especially when I cook them in a casserole dish alongside a chicken). When such a thing occurs, an easy way to salvage any side dish that consists of root vegetables is to mash the whole mess up with a lot of butter, a few pinches of salt, and perhaps a little milk (whole milk – or at the very least 2% – please).