sorry it isn't a perfect art, i mostly wing my recipes. these potatoes are delicious though and everyone seems to love them. alter them for how every many people you are going to be feeding. i normally do about 6 big potatoes and there will be leftovers.

so for about 6 big potatoes you need:

2 cloves of garlic
about 2 tablespoons of dijon mustard
milk (if you have it you can use some butter milk too)
butter
about a quarter of the small package of cream cheese
about a half of a cup (more if you want) of a sharp cheese
salt and pepper to taste

i cut the potatoes in quarters and put them in cold water with salt and the garlic and boil them until the potatoes are tender. drain them and then partially mash them. they are good if you leave them pretty chunky. mix the dijon, milk (enough to moisten them to the texture you like), a hunk of butter to your taste, the cream cheese and shredded cheese with the potatoes. place them in a dish and bake them in the oven for about 45 mins at about 375.

these are obviously not low fat but they are delicous!

Those sound good!!!

This girl loves her potatoes!
I hate it when people try to feed you the boxed flake crap