The difference between Dressing and Stuffing is: Dressing goes in a casserole dish to cook. Stuffing goes in the Bird, to cook. Corn bread dressing is for Southerners (below the Mason Dixon Line). We know Cornbread is bread. I’m from the South.
Cornbread Sage Dressing
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1 10-inch Cornbread, Crumbled
1 tsp. Salt
1 stick Butter
3 lg eggs
2 stalks Celery Hearts Diced
2 Tbsp. Rubbed Sage
¾ large Diced Bell Pepper
1 tsp. Black Pepper
1 med. Diced yellow Onion
1 8-oz. can Cream of Chicken Soup
1 can Chicken Broth (or juices from turkey if making turkey)
1 Tbsp Olive oil if you use butter
Preheat oven to 375 Deg., Sauté Onions, Celery & Bell Peppers in Butter/olive oil. Mix sautéed veggies, Salt, eggs, Sage, black pepper; water and cream of chicken soup in crumbled Cornbread. Add one can of drippings from cooking Turkey, Chicken or Pork to mixture & mix well. Put in Casserole and cover. Bake for about 45 min. to an hour. Dressing should brown on top & be moist but not runny when done. Serves 8 to 15
Serve withTurkey, Pork or Chicken
Peas, beans or Salad
Milk, Wine or Iced Tea
Vitamins
Bread A, B 6, B 12, D, Zinc, Iron , Magnesium, Selenium, E, Polyphenols, Calcium, D, Active bacteria (good kind)
Soup A, B 3, B 6, B 12, Calcium, D, Zinc, Iron, Selenium
Onions A, B 9, C, Flavonoids, Quercetin, Sulfur
Bell Pepper C, Magnesium
Celery B 9, C, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium, Calcium, 3-n-butyl Phthalide, Acetylenics, Phenolic Acids
Eggs A, B6, B12, D, Zinc
by Frances M. McCrory-Meservy