Cheesy Potato Gratin

It was a close call between the cheese gougères and the potato gratin, but in the end the potato gratin won out (not that there were so many votes in the first place).  Both were amazingly delicious and don't worry, I will definitely be posting the gougères recipe sometime in the future. But on to the gratin...

It is sooooo yummy! Which is not very surprising considering it is made with heavy whipping cream and butter.  This particular incarnation uses only regular potatoes and involves cheese between the layers, but you can add sweet potatoes and only put cheese on top and it will still be to die for (dare I say maybe even better?)!  

If this cheesy, bubbly picture doesn't make you drool all on its own, try reading on to see if you can handle even more cheesy potato goodness...

Thanksgiving!

So Thanksgiving has come and gone and I finally have a chance to post a little bit about all the goodies I made this week.  While I know none of this will be helpful for anybody this Thanksgiving, lots of the these recipes will be great for any time of the year.  For now I will post a list of what Guy and I (and my mom) prepared with a few pictures, and then use this opportunity to spread the recipes out over the course of many posts.  I don't think I could fit them all into one post anyway.

So here is what we had for Thanksgiving at my house:

• Gruyère and parmesan cheese gougères
• Bacon and cheese stuffed mushrooms
• Clear wild mushroom soup
• Celery granita
• Sweet potato casserole with mini marshmallows
• Potato gratin with gruyère and parmesan (aka Pie Guy)
• Sauteed mushrooms with white wine
• Green beans with garlic and pine nuts
• Challah dressing
• Apricot and Sherry cranberry sauce
• Mushroom and white wine gravy
• Parmesan herb butter roasted turkey
• Maple glazed roasted turkey
• Creamy pumpkin and yam pie
• Apple cranberry crisp
• Black forest cake