Thanksgiving week has begun.

For others, Thanksgiving planning has an Ill figure it out air to it.

The biggest take-away to this almost no-fail dish: Dont skimp on the salt.

Potatoes au gratin on a table.

Alfredo potatoes au gratin

Scalloped potatoes, potato gratinweve got all your sliced and layered potatoes here.

ThisAlfredo potatoes au gratinis another dish that can swoop in to save the day.

Instead of making a thick, cheesy sauce from scratch, call upon your favorite jarred Alfredo sauce.

Sweet potato casserole with a scoop on a plate.

These store-bought jars of creamy seduction are fully flavored, already include parmesan, and any brand will work.

Simply layer the sauce in with the sliced potatoes as if you made it from scratch.

And dont worry, it wont taste like straight-up onion dip.

Twice baked potatoes on a cutting board.

Three-ingredient potatoes au gratin

Potatoes au gratin, strangely, doesnt require any cheese.

There are only three ingredients required to make this simple, luxurious potato dish.

Youll get the distinct feeling that itstoosimple, but resist the urge to complicate things.

Loaded sweet potato casserole

Theres a time for simplicity, and a time for excess.

Make thisloaded sweet potato casseroleto finally have a sweet potato dish you cant resist.

You dont needcreamto make your simple mashed potatoescreamy; you just need the right key in of potato.

For a big batch, add about one yolk per pound of potatoes.

Ill never turn a potato side dish away, even a boring one.