Non-fattening cheap and delicious potato croquettes

I could INHALE half a dozen Italian deli potato croquettes pre op -

try this very inexpensive and easy to make recipe ( best in an air fryer though the oven works fine too ) ( small batch - food is best made fresh)

3 baking potatoes microwaved 15 minutes and peeled ( cool in cold water - skin peels right off ) mash with potato masher add in butter buds ( fat free freeze dried butter solids) if you like

make sauce - 1/2 packet Alfredo sauce mix four cheese sauce mix or even garlic herb are all good . Use fat free half and half or reconstituted powdered milk and make it thick . Add sauce to potatoes . Add fat free mozzarella and Parmesan/ reggianio to taste if you like ( I do ! )

Form logs and roll in Italian spice breadcrumbs ... bake ! ( recipe makes 16 smaller croquettes or 10-12 commercial size ones )

Do you have nutritional information for this recipe?

3 potatoes - 480 cal .6 g fat 111 g carbs 12.9 g pro
butter - 300 cal 36 g fat 0 carbs .3 g pro
seasoning packet - 80 cal 3.5 g fat 9 g carbs 3 g pro
half and half - 250 cal 23 g fat 7 g carbs 5 g pro
mozzarella - 180 cal 0 g fat 8 g carbs 36 g pro
bread crumbs - 350 cal 4 g fat 65 g carbs 12 g pro
total - 1,640 cal 67.1 g fat 200 g carbs 69.2 g pro
total per small croquette: 102.5 cal 4.2 g fat 12.5 g carbs 4.3 g pro

Might be ok if you only ate 2 or less and didn't mind eating high carb and baked in oven (cooking in oil adds on 80 calories and 10 g of fat per croquette for 182.5 cal and 14.2 g fat)

Thanks for running the math.

As post-ops, we should be shooting for 10g protein (or more) per 100 calories, and keeping carbs low. These potato bites are a terrible choice.

Thanks for the breakdown.

That part about eating 2 or less is funny. The first year after surgery, we're all pretty good about eating 2 of something. We can count out 6 peanut M&Ms, or 2 crackers, etc.

After that, the morbidly obese beast inside starts crawling back out. We eat ALL the cheesy potato croquettes, then we rob a gas station to get more potato croquette money.

Just say no. Well never be truly happy with any of that crappy kind of food. Remember where it got us.

Lol

"...rob a gas station..."!!!!!!

Yes but I don't use " real " butter rather Butter Buds ( which are real butter solids passed through a freeze drier which renders them just as tasty but totally fat free)

Are you talking about these butter buds ?