The Thanksgiving Slow Cooker Experiment

My housemates & I host friends and family for Thanksgiving every year. This year we had 15 people or so. Most people bring something, but we prepare a lot of food at the house. 

Last year, once the turkey came out of the oven, we started a game of four-dimensional Tetris to get the rest of the dishes done. This year, I opted out of that & decided to utilize slow cookers instead. I own 3 slow cookers, & I borrowed 2 more. 

I searched for recipes on Pinterest and decided on garlic Parmesan mashed potatoes, non-dairy mashed potatoes, cheesy scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole, and chocolate cake. 

I laid out almost everything the night before: 

And I may or may not have created a spreadsheet to figure out which dishes went into which slow cooker at what time. In the morning, was time to get to work. 

I got too busy with the cooking & forgot to take more pictures during the process. 

And I totally forgot to take pictures of the finished dishes. Everything turned out at least ok. The mashed potatoes will need to be kept on warm during serving. The green bean casserole was pretty indistinguishable from having been done in the oven. The scalloped potatoes & the chocolate cake were awesome.