The Flying Kitchen

A Cooking Website by Shannon Vavich Est. 2010

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Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes

These mashed potatoes are so smooth, creamy and intensely flavorful! The addition of the buttermilk gives them a full, round flavor, and my stand mixer method of mashing and whipping them gives them such a smooth texture. I believe that these are the best mashed potatoes in the world. This recipe uses five pounds of […]

Make-Ahead Thanksgiving Guide

It’s possible to pull-off a great Thanksgiving by planning ahead and pacing yourself. Most Thanksgiving dishes can be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator. Follow my recipes for instructions on what to do to make prep easy. It’s important to just take it one day at a time. This calendar will help […]

Crockpot Sausage, Date, Pecan and Apple Stuffing (with make ahead option)

A great stuffing whether or not you make it ahead of time or not. The “make ahead” portion of this recipe is purely optional. I find that on the morning of Thanksgiving it’s so much nicer to just dump my premade “stuffing kit” into the crockpot and get on to other things than to mess […]

French Style Thanksgiving Turkey (with gravy)

I was planning on re-doing this video, but alas, I ran out of time and with Thanksgiving fast approaching, I thought it prudent to just pull it from the archives and republish it. Cooking a Thanksgiving turkey in front of a camera is a hefty task, as you either need to prepare for a LONG […]

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