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Sausage, Sweet Potato & Apple Paleo Thanksgiving StuffingI have the whole apartment to myself this week! Well, more like the dogs and I… They make great company. C is off to my home state of NJ doing his work thang all week. Which means I made a giant dish of stuffing all for myself. That’s okay. It’s so good that I don’t mind eating it for the next 4 days. Might only last 3 days actually…

By the way, “stuffing” is a misnomer. This recipe is for a dressing. I’ve successfully cooked 3 turkeys in my life and never have I cooked anything inside one. I have no desire to stuff this inside anything besides my belly. But whatever, who says “dressing” anyway? Only weirdos. Sorry if you’re a weirdo. I still like you anyway.

Sausage, Sweet Potato & Apple Paleo Thanksgiving StuffingThere’s a bunch of things cooked separately for this recipe, and then they are all cooked together. I know, sounds really dumb and pointless. But just trust, it’s not. All that work yields to a perfect mixture of delicious textures.

Sausage, Sweet Potato & Apple Paleo Thanksgiving StuffingSausage, Sweet Potato & Apple Paleo Thanksgiving Stuffing
This is a perfect dish to prepare ahead of time up to right before the step you put everything in the oven. Cover and put in the fridge a day or 2 before Thanksgiving and bake on the big day. One less thing to worry about while getting ready for the guests and about to have a nervous breakdown. Don’t you love hosting Thanksgiving? Sausage, Sweet Potato & Apple Paleo Thanksgiving Stuffing
Sausage, Sweet Potato & Apple Paleo Thanksgiving Stuffing

Sausage, Sweet Potato & Apple Paleo Thanksgiving Stuffing

Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 1 hour 5 minutes
Total: 1 hour 15 minutes
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Ingredients 

  • 1.5 lb sausage, out of casing
  • 1 large sweet potato, cubed
  • 1 large onion, sliced
  • 2 stalks celery, chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 10 oz mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 large apple, cubed
  • 3 tbsp butter, melted
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/4 cup chicken broth or bone broth
  • 2 tsp fresh thyme
  • salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  • Toss the sweet potato cubes with 1 tbsp melted butter, salt, and pepper, and bake for 15 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, heat a tbsp of butter in a large skillet over medium high heat.
  • Throw in onion slices, celery, and garlic into the skillet and sautรฉ until the onions are soft.
  • Add the sausage to the pan and cook, breaking it up, until the meat is browned.
  • Pour out as much liquid as possible, and place the mixture into a 9x13 baking pan.
  • In the same skillet, heat another tbsp of butter.
  • Add mushrooms with salt and pepper to the pan and let them cook until they sweat out most of the liquid and become soft.
  • Add the apple cubes and sautรฉ for 5 more minutes.
  • Pour the mixture into the baking pan with the sausage mixture.
  • Add chopped nuts and cooked sweet potato cubes to the mixture.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, thyme, broth, and salt and pepper.
  • Pour into the baking pan.
  • Stir everything together to mix well.
  • Bake in the 400 degree F oven for 30 minutes.
  • Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
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Jean Choi

Iโ€™m a food lover and recipe developer living in Southern California. I love to share simple and approachable gluten-free recipes that are healthy but never sacrifice on flavor.

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