It was too salty because of the added salt I put on it. I salted it like I do my normal scalloped potatoes, which don't have all that cheese on them. My fault. It was very easy to do and the richness for a one time a year deal was fine. I was happy with the portion size though, as we did have some leftovers, but not a huge amount. We were only three people, so I was concerned with lots of leftovers.