1st Time Host Stuffing

This stuffing is delicious and elegant and will make you look like you created a complicated dish. In reality, it is very easy and is great for the first time Thanksgiving host!

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 1  tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 2  lbs turkey sausage (I like Italian)
• 1  onion (chopped)
• 4  stalks celery & leaves (chopped)
• 4  cups  day old  bread cubes
• 6  large sweet potatoes (peeled, cooked and cut in bite sized pieces)
• 1  cup  chopped mushroom
• 4  large pears (chopped coarsely)
• 2  tablespoons garlic (minced)
•  salt and pepper
• 1  teaspoon nutmeg

Directions

1. Saute the sausage meat and oil in a medium frying pan. Drain the fat from the browned sausage and add the chopped onion and celery. Saute until the onion is soft. Place in large casserole dish.
2. Stir in rest of the ingredients well. Stuff the turkey if desired and bake the extra alongside for one hour in a greased casserole dish.
3. Make sure the stuffing is at room temperature before stuffing the turkey or baking alone.