99% Vegetarian Mushroom Apple Cranberry Sausage Dressing

Friendsgiving Dressing


99% Vegetarian Thanksgiving Dressing Recipe

1 cup sweet onion chopped (½ a Honeysweet onion)
1 cup chopped mushrooms (½ an 8 oz package)
1 cup chopped meatless sausage links (8 oz package)
¾ cup chopped celery
½ cup chopped green pepper
½ cup chopped red pepper
2 medium chopped apples
¾ cup dried cranberries
¾ cup chopped pecans
1 6 oz.box whole wheat bread crumbs stuffing mix
1 6 oz. box Hawaiian bread crumbs stuffing mix
2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
3 cups vegetable broth
1 tbsp. sage
2 tsp. ground rosemary
½ tsp. thyme
2 tsp. basil

In large bowl cook fruit, nuts, chopped vegetables, meatless sausage, and spices in oil in a microwave on 80% power for 20 minutes stirring several times. Stir in breadcrumbs and broth and cook 80% power 20 minutes stirring two or three times.

As always, the recipe is only a starting point and is modified based on whimsy and what is available at the time.

I also made it without the apples and dried cranberries and meatless sausage in a smaller bowl reducing the more traditional stuffing mixes I had by one cup and cutting broth by one cup but adding 4 ounces more canned mushrooms and it was almost as good.