I have to admit. I’m not a big fan of turkey, so for me it’s all about the side dishes, starting with the stuffing. For at least a decade, we tried a different stuffing recipe every year until we hit on this one. With the bright red dried cranberries, it even looks good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sausage, Apple and Cranberry Stuffing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 cups bread cubes, white, wheat or a combination<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 pound good quality pork sausage<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 apple, cored and\u00a0diced<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3\/4 cup dried cranberries<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 cup chopped onion<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3\/4 cup chopped celery<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1\/3 cup minced fresh parsley<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 1\/2 teaspoons dried sage<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 1\/2 teaspoons dried rosemary<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1\/2 teaspoon dried thyme<\/p>\n\n\n\n Giblets, if you have them, cooked and chopped<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3\/4 cup turkey or chicken stock<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 tablespoons melted butter<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spread the bread cubes in a single layer on a large baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees until evenly toasted – about 5 to 7 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cook sausage and onions over medium heat until sausage is brown and onion is soft. Stir in the celery and herbs and cook a further 2-3 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Combine sausage mixture and bread in a large bowl. Mix in chopped apples, dried cranberries, parsley, and giblets if you are using them. Drizzle with stock and melted butter, and mix lightly and thoroughly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If not using to stuff a turkey, bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have to admit. I’m not a big fan of turkey, so for me it’s all about the side dishes, starting with the stuffing. For at least a decade, we tried a different stuffing recipe every year until we hit on this one. With the …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-side-dishes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1076,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/1076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}