It is a good thing that I cooked dinner last night

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because this afternoon I have to make my mother-in-law's mashed potatoes and a homemade green bean casserole. (no canned soup here! never!) At least I get out of work early. I am going to try to take a nap after work because I am awake at an absurd hour but then I will be busy in the kitchen. The potatoes aren't particularly difficult--peel (I hate that part), cut, boil, add butter/sour cream/cream cheese/kosher salt/ground black pepper, beat them in my KitchenAid stand mixer, and then whip the hell out of them. The green bean casserole is more involved. I have to cook the beans, make the creamy mushroom mixture, and fry the onion slivers. I didn't grow up with the green bean casserole but I decided to start making it one year after I saw the recipe in one of my then-new cookbooks. My family likes it. They are obsessed with the mashed potatoes. I am too. I don't make them often because they are full of fatty things. In spite of that they are light because they are whipped. I'll be busy this afternoon! What are you making for Thanksgiving?