The garden has been tucked away, with one final visit this week to pluck spinach blanketed by our first real snow. We’re finishing off the last of the box-ripened tomatoes too, and my meals have started to feature dry-stored fruit and vegetables: apples, cabbage, carrots, beets, squash, and potatoes.

The mashed potatoes recipe that I share this week in my Twice as Tasty column for the Flathead Beacon lands nicely on a Thanksgiving or other holiday table. Although still a starchy side dish, potatoes taste lighter when mashed with vinegar instead of cream. The vinegar, roasted garlic, and chives pack flavor into these potatoes, so vegetarians can skip the turkey or beef gravy or contrast the tang with rich mushroom gravy or tart homemade cranberry sauce. To make these mashed potatoes vegan—and extra fluffy—use extra-virgin olive oil instead of butter.

Learn more about flavoring mashed potatoes and get the complete recipe for Tangy, Garlicky Mashed Potatoes in my column.

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If you’re still making dishes for the Thanksgiving table or already planning the next holiday meal, check out some of my favorite twists on classic recipes. Here are just a few other winter holiday recipes on the blog. You can find more in the recipe index.

• Orange-Infused Cranberry Sauce
• Vegetarian Mushroom Gravy
• Million-Dollar Deviled Eggs
• Spinach Salad with Cranberry Sauce Dressing
• Maple-Glazed Carrots
• Sourdough Crescent Dough and Rolls
• Bagna Cauda-Style Mashed Potatoes
• Crumble-Top Deep-Dish Apple Pie
• Creamy Roasted Pumpkin Pie
• Norwegian-Style Gløgg
• Homemade Shaken Eggnog

Starting tomorrow, my mind begins to turn to recipes for cookies and winter cocktails, both of which I’ll be sharing in the coming weeks. Two of my family’s favorite Christmas cookies need to sit for several weeks to “ripen,” so the weekend after Thanksgiving is the perfect time to bake Vanilla Bean Cookies and Chocolate Rum Balls.

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