The World's Best Mashed Potatoes Are Made with Roasted Chickpeas and Garlic

Thanksgiving is less than a week away, which means it's just about time to gorge ourselves on all the turkey, cheese, and carbs we can handle—then overstuff ourselves with pie and cookies. What a glorious day it is.

With so many dishes—particularly so many different carbs—available, you need to be strategic about what you choose to put on your plate so you don't wind up bowing out of dinner early, overstuffed on mediocre mashed potatoes before you even start digging into the turkey leg you so selfishly took for yourself.

The thing about mashed potatoes is that even when they're bad, they're still pretty good. But on this day, there's no room for "pretty good" on your plate. That's why you need to take your mashed potato game up a notch with this roasted garlic and chickpea mash.

The mashed potatoes are fluffy and creamy, and perfectly perfumed with roasted garlic. Then they're topped with a heaping pile of crispy, golden chickpeas. We promise it's going to have way more flavor and texture than those mediocre mashed potatoes your aunt makes every year.