This Comforting Side Dish Is My Favorite Part of Easter Dinner

My family has scalloped potatoes at Easter dinner every single year. Cheesy, comforting, and delicious, they’re always my favorite part of the meal!

My husband Jack and I don’t usually see eye to eye when it comes to holiday side dishes. He’d take creamed spinach over a spinach salad any day, and I’m team salad all the way. His favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner is the mashed potatoes, whereas I’d be just as happy with mashed cauliflower. But at Easter dinner, we both agree: Scalloped potatoes are the best part of the meal. They’re the one side dish my family makes for Easter every single year, and they’re always my favorite part of dinner. If you’re not familiar, they consist of thin potato…

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