This Starchy Side Dishes Recipe Page contains a recipe Round-Up for Turkey Stuffing recipes to make your Thanksgiving & Christmas Holidays more Delicious. There is also a homemade egg noodle recipe and we’ve also added a pasta salad recipe, with more to come.
Recipes included on this page:
- Enhanced Stove Top Stuffing
- Rice Krispies Stuffing
- Corn Bread Chicken Stuffing
- Brown Rice Turkey Stuffing
- D’s Romano Sausage Bread Stuffing
- Sweet Potato Stuffing
- Rice and Sausage Stuffing
- Old Fashioned Egg Noodles
- Laura Bush’s Corn Bread Stuffing
- Cornbread Stuffing with Curry
- No-Fail Italian Pasta Salad
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 1 1) Stove Top Stuffing: Enhanced
- 2 2) Rice Krispies Stuffing
- 3 3) Corn Bread Chicken Stuffing
- 4 4) Brown Rice Turkey Stuffing
- 5 5)D’s Romano Sausage Bread Stuffing
- 6 6) Sweet Potato Stuffing
- 8 8) Homemade Egg Noodles
- 9 9) Laura Bush’s Corn Bread Stuffing
- 10 10) Cornbread Stuffing with Curry
- 11 12) No-Fail Italian Pasta Salad
1) Stove Top Stuffing: Enhanced
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Annette created this enhanced recipe many years ago and it has become a family and friend favorite.
Ingredients:
2 Boxes of Stovetop Stuffing
½ cup Margarine or Butter
1 cup Onion (chopped)
1 cup Celery (chopped)
3 cups water
Optional Ingredient:
1 cup of Mushrooms (optional)
Directions:
Follow the recipe instructions on the StoveTop Stuffing box.
But first cook the vegetables in the 3 cups of water and margarine (or butter) before adding the stuffing mix.
Once the veggies are cooked(15-20 minutes) add the stuffing mix and stir.
Cover and let sit for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork and serve.
Watch Annette make this recipe here:
2) Rice Krispies Stuffing
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Ingredients:
1 cup Chopped Celery
1 cup Chopped Onion
8 cups Softened Bread Cubes (I include the crust too!)
1 cup Butter or Margarine
4 cups Rice Krispies Cereal
1/2 tsp Poultry Seasoning
This will stuff a 10 to 12-pound turkey.
Directions:
Cook onion and celery in butter or margarine until golden brown. Add remaining ingredients and toss lightly. Stuff your turkey. Any remaining stuffing can be put in a casserole — just pour some broth over it and bake in the oven until golden brown. For larger turkeys just double the recipe. This was my mother’s recipe that I have been using for years.
Recipe from Linda Ansell, Mesa, AZ
3) Corn Bread Chicken Stuffing
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This recipe makes enough stuffing for a four-pound chicken. When we were first married, we couldn’t afford a turkey and we wouldn’t have been able to eat a whole one with just the two of us anyway.
Ingredients:
1 egg — lightly beaten
2 cups Crumbled Corn Bread
1/3 cup Chopped Onion
1 tsp Salt
1/3 cup Melted Butter or Margarine
A Dash of Pepper
Directions: Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Stuff the chicken and cook as usual.
Recipefrom Barbara Workman, Auburn, WA
4) Brown Rice Turkey Stuffing
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This recipe makes enough stuffing for a twelve-pound turkey.
Ingredients:
3 cups Wheat Bread Crumbs
3 cups Cooked Brown Rice
1/2 cup Melted Butter or Margarine
2 Medium Onions — chopped
2 Stalks of Celery — chopped
4 Eggs — lightly beaten
2 tsp Salt
1 cup Milk or Gravy
Directions: Combine ingredients in a mixing bowl in the order listed. Toss lightly so as not to mash the rice or breadcrumbs Stuff turkey and cook as usual.
Recipefrom Barbara Workman, Auburn, WA
5)D’s Romano Sausage Bread Stuffing
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Ingredients:
1/2 lb Margarine (2 sticks) — melted
2 Stalks Celery — diced
2 Medium Onions — diced
20 oz. Bread — Torn into small pieces
8 oz Mild Pork Sausage
2 cups Romano Cheese — Grated and Loosely Packed
3 Eggs — Large
2 tsp Pepper
2 tsp Thyme
1/4 cup Parsley — Fresh is Best
2 tsp Oregano
2 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Basil
1 Carrot — Grated to add color
Directions: Sauté celery and onion in a pan with margarine until translucent. At the same time brown the sausage and drain the fat. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and add a little milk or chicken broth if the mixture is too dry. Stuff the main cavity and neck of the turkey or put in a casserole and bake in the oven at 350º for 45 minutes
Recipe from Dianne Guastella, Midlothian, VA
6) Sweet Potato Stuffing
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This recipe has been in Annette’s family for generations
Ingredients:
1 Large Onion — diced small
3 Stalks Celery — Include leaves, chop fine
6 to 8 Slices of Bread — Torn in pieces (old bread ends work fine)
2 Carrots Diced Small
1 Large Sweet Potato — Steamed or baked or, 1 Can Sweet Potatoes (29 oz.) diced save the juice
1 Egg
2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper (or salt and pepper to taste)
Optional Ingredients
2 Potatoes — diced fine
1 cup Mushrooms
Directions: Combine onion, celery, and carrots in a frying pan with juice from canned yams. Cook until tender. If using a fresh sweet potato, cook veggies in a little margarine, butter or oil — or steam them with water.
In a very large bowl combine the torn bread, diced sweet potato, egg, and cooked veggies. You may need to add a little milk to moisten the mixture. If using canned yams, veggies will have plenty of juice to moisten the bread mixture. Stuff the main cavity and neck of the turkey or put in a casserole and bake in the oven at 350º for 45 minutes.
7) Wild Rice & Sausage Stuffing
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This is another family recipe this time from Annette’s mother’s side of the family — and a staple for Thanksgiving every year.
Ingredients:
4 cups Cooked White Rice
1 cup Cooked Wild Rice
1 lb Breakfast Sausage
2 Stalks Celery — Diced
1 Large Onion — Diced
1 Egg
2 Tbs Thyme or 1 if you like less flavor of this
1 Tbs Parsley
Optional Ingredients:
1 cup Pecans — chopped fine
1 cup Mushrooms — diced
Directions: Cook rice in a pot. While rice is cooking, brown sausage in a skillet with the celery and onion. Drain the fat. In a large bowl combine rice and sausage mixture and the last three ingredients (Egg, Thyme, and Parsley). Mix thoroughly. Stuff the main cavity and neck of the turkey or put in a casserole and bake in the oven at 350º for 45 minutes.
8) Homemade Egg Noodles
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I know that this is not a stuffing recipe, but it’s just not Thanksgiving at my house unless I make these homemade noodles. All the ingredients are always on hand and the whole batch is “el cheapo” to make.
Ingredients:
2 Eggs — Beaten (egg substitutes are OK)
1/4 tsp Salt
2 Tbs Milk
1 Pinch Baking Powder
1 1/4 cup Flour
2 Quarts of Chicken Broth (you could use canned chicken broth if you prefer)
Directions:Mix together the first four ingredients. Add flour slowly until the dough is firm but still tacky — this is really important. Turn out on a well-floured board and knead in enough flour until dough is no longer tacky — it will not require much more flour. Divide the dough into two portions — it is easier to handle this way. Roll out each portion very thin. Sift more flour on the rolled out dough — let dry for about 30 minutes — it will be easier to cut. Cut noodles to the desired length. Drop by handfuls in boiling broth. Stir to keep from sticking together. Cook covered for 20 to 30 minutes or until tender. Do not overcook.
The trick to making these successfully is not to add too much flour. You need to be able to add flour as you knead the dough. You can tell when the consistency is right when you are mixing the ingredients with a wooden spoon and you end up with it all wrapped around your spoon. That’s when you place the dough on a floured board and knead and roll out. If you make these the day prior to serving they are usually more flavorful.
Recipe from Loretta Garrett, Blanchard, OK.
9) Laura Bush’s Corn Bread Stuffing
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Corn Bread Ingredients:
1/2 cup Canola Oil
2 cups Cornmeal — Stone ground is best
2 cups All-Purpose Flour
4 tsp Sugar
2 Tbs Baking Powder
1 tsp Salt
2 Eggs — Lightly Beaten
2 cups Milk
Dressing Ingredients:
3 cups Onion — Chopped
3 cups Celery — Chopped
1 cup Butter — Unsalted
1 Tbs Olive Oil
1/2 cup Sage
3 cups Turkey Broth (or canned chicken broth)
1 1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper
Directions:
Corn Bread: Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees. Pour oil into a metal baking pan — 10 x 13 x 2 inches. Heat the oil in the oven until hot.
In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients. Then stir in eggs and milk. Slowly pour the heated oil into this mixture and stir. Pour into the heated metal baking pan.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes (until golden brown) at 450 degrees. Let it cool for about 10 to 15 minutes then crumble the cornbread.
Dressing: Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. In a skillet sauté the onion and celery using about 10 to 12 Tbs. of butter and 1 Tbs. olive oil.
In a bowl mix the sautéed veggies with the salt, pepper, sage and crumbled cornbread.
Place mixture into the same metal baking pan. Melt the remaining butter and drizzle it, along with the turkey or chicken broth, over the top of the mixture.
Cover the pan with foil and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove the cover and brown — about 10 minutes.
Recipefrom June Mumpower, Kingsport, TN
10) Cornbread Stuffing with Curry
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This is a two-step recipe that is well worth the effort.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Self Rising Flour
1 1/2 cups Self Rising Corn Meal
1 Tbs Sugar
3 tsp or 1 tbs Salt
1 Tbs Sage
1 tsp Curry Powder
1/4 cup Canola Oil
3 Eggs — Lightly Beaten
1 cup Onion — Chopped
1 1/2 cups Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 1/2 cups Chicken Broth
1 cup Celery — Chopped
Directions:
Part 1: Sift dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Add chopped veggies, eggs, milk and oil. Bake in a cast iron skillet or glass casserole for 35 minutes at 375 degrees. You can either continue with the recipe or stop and freeze this cooked bread mixture for use several days later.
Part 2: Take bread mixture and crumble it so it is loose. Add 2 1/2 cups chicken broth and giblets (if you like them). Bake for 30 minutes at 375 degrees.
Recipefrom June Mumpower, Kingsport, TN
12) No-Fail Italian Pasta Salad
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This is a family favorite recipe that Annette whips together for parties, potlucks and holidays.
Ingredients:
1 lb Tricolor or Garden Rotini Pasta
1 (6) oz can of Olives, drained and sliced
1 Red Onion, Large (can substitute another color of onion)
2 Bell Peppers (green, red, yellow or orange).
Pick 2 colors.
1 bunch Green Onions – washed and sliced
1 (16) oz can of Garbanzo Beans or
1 cups dry Garbanzo Beans, cooked and expanded to 2 cups.
Optional Ingredient:
1 package of Grape or Cherry Tomatoes, cut in half
Pasta Salad Directions:
Cook pasta and let cool. Gently stir in one ingredient at a time into a large bowl. Top with Italian Dressing and serve.
Italian Dressing Ingredients & Directions
½ Cup Olive Oil
¾ Cup Wine Vinegar or Apple Cider Vinegar
½ tsp Onion Powder
½ tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Basil
½ tsp Marjoram
1 tsp Oregano
Stir all ingredients together in a 2 cup glass measuring cup until blended. Pour on Pasta Salad.
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