Boiled and Mashed Vegetables

Ingredients

• washed, peeled, and cut into serving-sized pieces:
  • sweet cassava tubers (also called manioc, or yuca)
  • plantains
  • red potatoes or white potatoes
  • sweet potatoes
  • taro (also called cocoyam)
  • yams
  • salt

Mashed vegetables

• beans with one of the vegetables listed above
• beans and corn (maize)
• salt

Procedures

1. Heat water and salt (to taste) to boiling in a saucepan.
2. Add vegetables.
3. Cook until tender.
4. Serve with any main dish.

Mashed vegetables

1. Heat water and salt (to taste) to boiling in a saucepan.
2. Add all ingredients.
3. Cook until tender.
4. Drain water from pan, and mash (like mashed potatoes or refried beans).
5. Season with any or all (or none) of the following: fried onion, palm oil, cayenne pepper or red pepper, hot sauce, ground dried shrimp, dried fish, salted fish, or smoked fish.