• I often love Ina Garten's easy, flavorful recipes, so I gave her buttermilk mashed potatoes a try. • The buttermilk made this dish more flavorful than other mashed-potato recipes I've followed. • From now on, I plan on making this recipe every time I host Thanksgiving or a dinner party.

Whether you're a traditionalist or you like to change up your holiday menu every year like me, your Thanksgiving table is probably incomplete without a big bowl of piping-hot mashed potatoes.

That said, there's nothing worse than digging into a pile of fluffy potatoes, only to discover that they're bland or dry.

Although there are dozens of ways to dress up spuds with mix-ins like cheese, sour cream, and extra butter, kitchen queen Ina Garten has a wonderfully simple recipe that I had to try.

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