The World's Best Dressing

Stuffing goes inside the turkey, dressing goes on the side (thank you college!). This has to be the best dressing recipe ever conceived! I made this for 6 people and had to hide the second portion to keep it from being eaten. It's not healthy in any way and is definitely NOT for vegetarians. So, animal lovers may want to scroll through this post really fast.

I originally got the recipe from a friend who got it from a friend who got it from a friend (this quickly turning into an REO Speedwagon song). I made some changes to fit our flavor palettes more.

Ingredients:

1lb bacon (get the cheap stuff, it works better & cut it up as best you can)

1lb sausage (just crumble it in your hand as you add it to the pot)

2 apples (peeled, cored, and diced)

1c mushrooms (chopped)

2c celery (chopped)

2 onions (chopped)--not pictured

1/2lb butter--not pictured

1lb dried bread cubes

2c vegetable stock

2tsp Italian seasoning

1tsp sage

Preheat oven to 350F. Put all the meat, veggies, and apples in a big stock pot & cook over medium until veggies are tender & meat is cooked through.

Add butter, stock, and seasonings. Cook until butter is melted, turn off heat, then add bread cubes.

Stir until cubes are well mixed then pour into baking dish (I had to use 2 because I didn't have one big enough). Cook for 30 minutes if you like crunchy. If not, serve as is. 

Keep in mind, this is only half!