This recipe, it's the one I've always loved. Nothing comes close to the delicious simplicity of sausage and bread stuffing, and this one has become a favorite of family and friends. I'll include the recipe as-is, and offer a list of suggestions on how to twist it below.
Bread stuffing for a 5 lb bird:
Note: This is all a matter of taste. You can go for the exact amount that matches your bird's weight, or make by sight -- preparing the bread first makes it easier to determine.
Ingredients:
1 lb First Prize Sausage -- pick any good and flavorful sausage
1/2 cup minced onions
1/2 cup minced celery
1/4 cup minced parsley
10 slices of bread cubed
1 1/2 tsp Bell's seasoning
1 beaten egg
- Saute sausage until crispy, drain, then rinse with water. (I usually leave out the rinse.)
- Saute the onions and celery, then mix with the sausage and add Bell's.
- Mix together the parsley and bread, add the saute mix, then the egg.
- Squeeze and mix the stuffing with your hands until it sticks together. If it looks too dry, add some broth or water.
- Cover and refrigerate until ready to stuff turkey.
- add a variety of mushrooms to the mix
- use a mix of sausages -- Mennonite, elk, etc.
- use a gourmet bread and approximate the same amount
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It's almost Thanksgiving, and besides turkey, pies, and way too many football games, it means stuffing. Gourmet magazine has 
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