I’m often teased that I’m a Gadget Girl. Yes, it’s true Karen loves kitchen gadgets so let’s use three gadgets in two potato recipes incorporating meal planning for later in the week.

We’ll enjoy these Smashed Potatoes today and the Steam Potatoes another time, or maybe mashed, or both!

I start with Steamed Red Skin Potatoes in my Zavor LUX LCD multipot and use some for Smashed Potatoes in my Philips XL airfryer and the rest will be vacuum sealed in a Ball jar using my Foodsaver vacuum sealer.

The secret is farm fresh red Skin Potatoes from Gazy Brothers Farms in various sizes.

Which I washed, cut larger ones to even sized and put in Zavor’s steamer basket. That gets placed in the steel pot with 1 cup of water on top of the trivet.

Pressure cook on high for 8 minutes, and when done either do fast release or let it come down from pressure on its own.

See the gauge showing pressure is building! A great feature.

Test potatoes with a fork or knife to see if done.

Remove carefully with a tong since the handles are hot.

Now we’re ready to smash some with a fork. Spritz with oil, salt, and smoked paprika. And airfry at 395 for 10 minutes until crisp (testing timing as you go).

Placed in my Philips XL airfryer.

And here’s how it looks. Serve with sour cream, even bacon pieces. Yum – a healthy mock potatoes skins (not deep fried).

The rest we will eat another day and vacuum seal in a Ball jar when cool.