Don't make a habit of it...

Two potlucks this weekend, so it's time for Tom's most decadent recipe. If ever there was an example of how to take a simple vegetable and do everything possible to make it into an artery-clogging wonder, this is it. It's the recipe that got Bridget a 2nd place in her company bake off in December, even though she went overboard on the milk and the voting process was flawed--the potatoes ran out before all the voters got a taste.

Party Potatoes
3 pounds potatoes, peeled
9 tablespoons butter (6 whipped in, 3 on top)
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temp, low-fat or real
1/2 cup low-fat sour cream, ditto
salt
pepper
paprika

Bascally, you boil the potatoes, drain them, put the pot and potatoes back on low heat to evaporate the extra water, whip them with the rest of the ingredients, put them in a casserole dish, dot with butter and paprika and bake in the oven at 350 for about 30 minutes.

For those of you up north, check this out. That's the outdoor temperature you're looking at. Next thing you know we'll be walking around in flipflops.