Turkey Sausage and Apple Cornbread Stuffing

Alicia Calvo, MPH, RDN, CDCES, CEDRD

Sausage-Apple Stuffing combines sweet Italian Turkey Sausage, chopped fresh fennel, and apple with cornbread crumbs for traditional Thanksgiving stuffing.

Prep Time: 15min | Cook Time: 45min | Total Time: 1hr | Yield: 12

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces reduced-fat Sweet Italian Turkey Sausage

• ¼ cup light butter

• 3 Cups Coarsely Chopped Apple

• ⅔ Cup Chopped Fennel or Celery

• ⅔ Cup Chopped Onion

• ⅔ Cup Chopped Mushrooms

• ¼ Cup Chopped Fresh Parsley or 1 tsp. Dried Parsley

• 1 Tablespoon Thyme Leaves or 1 tsp. Dried Thyme

• 1 Tablespoon Fresh Chopped Sage or 1 tsp. Dried Sage

• ½ Teaspoon Pepper

• ¼ Teaspoon Salt

• 1 box (13 oz.) Cornbread Stuffing Mix

• 2 egg whites- beaten to blend

• 1 ½ cups low sodium Chicken Broth

• Cooking Spray

Instructions:

1. Brown Sausage in a skillet. Add butter to pan. Add apple, celery, onion and mushroom; Sauté 5 minutes or until tender. Add parsley, thyme leaves, sage, pepper, and salt to sausage mixture. Place in a large bowl.

2. Add cornbread crumbs and egg white to sausage mixture in bowl and mix well.

3. Add broth and toss gently.

4. Spoon mixture into 11 X 17 – inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.

5. Bake stuffing covered with foil at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

6. Uncover and bake 15 minutes longer until lightly browned.

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Nutrition Facts:

Serving Size: ½ cup

Calories: 190

Total Fat: 6 g

Total Carbohydrate: 18 g

Protein: 7 g

Equivalents: 1 Starch, 1 Fat, ½ Proteins