Flawless Mashed Potatoes

When I was on my honeymoon, we pretty much just ate. Savannah had a lot to offer, but we found one thing in nearly every restaurant we visited: AWESOME MASHED POTATOES. Tonight when I was attempting to make potato skins, I ended up making some potatoes that rivaled the ones I had in Savannah. And I just had to post it.

Ingredients:

4 russet potatoes
6 pieces of turkey bacon (or regular bacon!)
3 green onions
1/2 cup shredded cheese (we used Mexican cheese!)
4 tbsp butter (we used I can't believe it's not butter)
lil bit o salt
lil bit o pepper

1. Preheat the oven to 400.
2. Wash the potatoes. Get the grim off of 'em! Then lather them in a bit of canola oil.
3. Cook them in the oven for 45 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, cook up some bacon. I cooked turkey bacon in canola oil until it was crispy. It took about 12 min to get perfect. When it's done, let it sit while it stops being scorching hot. Then dice it up into little bits.
5. Chop up the green onion to an instinctively appropriate size.
6. When your potatoes are done cooking, cut them in half, then scoop out the innards. Put the innards in a mixing bowl. Add the butter, the bacon, the onions, the cheese, and the salt and pepper.
7. MIX IT! I used my AMAZING kitchenaide mixer with the paddle-y-type attachment. The one that looks like it might churn butter.
8. IT'S DONE! And it's amazing. This should feed about 4-5 people as a side. YUM!