Every year, at thanksgiving, we make a big bowl of creamy mashed potatoes and, every year, they remain mostly untouched. Because stuffing Oh, the potatoes get eaten up as part of the long weekend leftovers but the stuffing never survives past the first dinner. And nobody in our house wants just a little bit of it that comes out of the bird. Oh, no, stuffing around here needs to be made in mass quantities as a separate side dish. So, to keep the peace and avoid people being stabbed with forks while diving for additional stuffing, we usually make it in individual portions. You don't have to serve it in cute little hollowed out squash bowls, but we decided to be a little fancy.