Turkey Talk

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.  There is nothing better than family sitting all around the table sharing a meal, stories of growing up, and the best part - dessert!  It's kind of a lazy day, you cook, you eat, you watch football, you fall asleep.  It's all about being together and enjoying the big meal of the year.  This year dinner was small for me, but I did switch things up, in the way of flavors just a bit.  I tried a new stuffing recipe that I threw together and it tasted great!  This is how I made it, recipe below.

 I started with a bag of cornbread stuffing mix, celery, onion, herbs, fresh cranberries, an apple and turkey stock.

 Stuff that bird until you can't fit anymore in there!  Season it up and pop it in the oven.

Cornbread Stuffing For Turkey

Ingredients

2 tablespoons of butter

1 tablespoon of olive oil

3 ribs of celery, diced including the leaves

1 medium onion, diced

2 tablespoons parsley

1/2 tsp rubbed sage

1/2 tsp poultry seasoning

1/2 tsp thyme

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp white pepper

1 tsp kosher salt

1 bag of unseasoned cornbread stuffing cubes

2 eggs

1/2 cup of chopped fresh cranberries

1 small apple, cored and chopped

1 32 oz. box of Turkey Stock

Directions

Melt the butter with the olive oil in a medium frying pan over medium high heat.  Add the celery, onion, parsley, sage, poultry seasoning, thyme, garlic powder, pepper and salt. Stir to combine and cook for about 5 minutes, or until celery and onion are tender.  Let the mixture cool.  In a larger bowl, add the cornbread, eggs, celery/onion mixture, cranberries, apple and about 1/2 of the box of stock, reserve the rest of the stock for the turkey.  Mix the stuffing with a spoon until everything is incorporated.

If you are roasting a turkey, stuff  the turkey cavity with enough of the mixture until it is full. Pour the remaining stock in the bottom of the roasting pan for flavor and to baste the turkey.  Roast the turkey according to package directions for the size of the turkey.  Baste the turkey and the stuffing to keep it moist throughout the roasting time.