Old Fashioned Cracker Dressing Stuffing – Do You Dare

Here we go again, delving into the treacherous topic of changing up your traditional Thanksgiving side dishes. This time, it’s an old-fashioned cracker dressing vying to be that surprise, uninvited guest.

Sure some you alternative lifestylists may go for the cornbread, but generally, bread-based variations rule the day. There’s a great reason for this; they’re easy, delicious, and most importantly, very familiar. Therein lies the problem.

Why mess with past success? Your loved ones wait all year for your Thanksgiving feast, so why take the chance of disappointing them on the big day? You have the entire rest of the year to do that.

Anyway, I’m not going to try and convince you that this is a superior dressing, or that you should change your regular routine, but if you’re someone whos looking for a change of pace dressing, that’s still very familiar and comforting, this could be the one.

Of course, you can use whatever ingredients you normally add to your bread dressing, and it should work just the same. By the way, I never stuff my turkey, so if you choose to use this as a stuffing, please refer to the roughly one million Thanksgiving turkey cooking guides linked online. Enjoy!

Ingredients for 16 portions:

1 pound saltine crackers (4 sleeves)

1/2 cup butter

1 large or 2 small yellow onions, diced

3 or 4 ribs of celery, diced

1 tsp salt, or to taste

1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

cayenne to taste

1/2 tsp dried sage

1/2 tsp dried thyme

1/2 tsp dried rosemary

2 3/4 cups chicken or turkey broth

1/2 cup cream or milk

1 or 2 eggs

*Tip: you can cook a small nugget in a pan and taste for seasoning

Bake at 375 degrees F. for bout 45 minutes

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Turkey Stuffing Roll Ups



   Things have been turned a little upside down in our house the last few days. My hubby was injured pretty badly on his dirt bike last weekend. Sunday morning I got the phone call I always dread, when he goes out riding with his friends. Long story short, he went off a jump and wasnt able to clear the landing. He flipped over his bike and was knocked out cold. He broke the left side of his collar bone, and his right wrist. So hes pretty much out of commission. Ive had to literally feed and bathe him. Its like having another baby in the house, but I dont mind it one bit. I am just so thankful hes alive and okay.

   I have planned lots of yummy home cooking to nurse him back to health with! These yummy Turkey & Stuffing Roll Ups were the first on our menu. I saw them over on my friend Tinas blog, Mommys Kitchen! I just love her blog. It is chock full of delicious, down home cooking ideas. These Roll Ups were fantastic and so easy to prepare. They were like enjoying a small Thanksgiving dinner, without all the fuss. We had them for leftovers for lunch the next day and they were just as great!


Turkey & Stuffing Roll Ups

1 pound sliced Oven Roasted Turkey Breast (good quality)
1 (5 oz) package of Stuffing Mix ( turkey or cornbread flavored) or use homemade
2 packets Turkey Gravy mix
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
2 cups Water


Prepare stuffing mix according to package directions. Prepare gravy by dumping gravy packets into a medium-sized sauce pan. Mix in water and cream of chicken soup. Stir well and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and let simmer for a couple minutes until thickened.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spoon 1/4 cup of stuffing onto each turkey slice. Roll up and place seam side down in a greased 9x13 glass baking pan. Repeat with all turkey slices. Pour about 1 cup of gravy over the turkey rolls. Cover tightly with foil and bake for 30 minutes, or until hot and bubbly.

Serve with mashed potatoes, veggies and remaining gravy. Enjoy!



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