celery bread turkey dressing

huskergalWsD
on 11/22/11 10:01 am

The recipe calls for 1/2 cup butter, .......thats a lot of butter i want to avoid eating for myThanksgiving meal..Has anyone substituted the butter to applesause just as you would making a cake mix? And tastes ok as a dressing with the Turkey? thanks for any tips for this recipe...and Happy Thanks giving to all Peace, Love & Joy Wendy

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LouLou7
on 11/22/11 10:12 am

Just off the top of my head, applesauce is used as a moisturizing agent in sweets, like cakes and muffins and things instead of butter and eggs. I don't know that it would taste very good in cornbread dressing, which is more of a *savory* taste.

Are you planning to saute your onions and celery? Is that why you need the butter? If so, try just steaming them or microwaving them until soft, then add two or three eggs to the dressing to replace the moisture in the butter. Eggs would give you a little boost in protein too.

tee t.
on 11/22/11 10:30 am

I use apple sauce and unfiltered apple juice. To balance the sweetnees, I used a 1/2 lb of pork saudage, which uses sage and other spices. I have had butchers give me some spice alone and it tastes exactly the same.

I have even added fresh apple slices, walnuts, water chestnuts and craisins. Not all at the same time, mind you.

Of course, I don't think there is anything at all wrong with using butter or some combination that includes butter.

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on 11/22/11 11:45 am - Front Royal, VA

RNY on 08/29/11 with

try fat free chicken broth to saute veggies in and moisten the bread to the desired consistency if you don't want to use the butter

I make a traditional bread/butter/celery type stuffing and I started cutting back the butter and using more chicken broth ..and it adds great flavor as well, works out fine for me

Hislady
on 11/22/11 11:45 am - Vancouver, WA

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I sautee my onions and celery in a small amount of butter then just add extra broth to the dressing till it's the right texture. Hope this helps.

hollykim
on 11/22/11 11:48 am - Nashville, TN

Revision on 03/18/15

unless you are planning to eat the whole pan of dressing,you wont be eating a half cup pf butter.

at best you will be eating a couple of teaspoons of butter.

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on 11/22/11 12:33 pm

VSG on 04/11/11

This is exactly what I was thinking.. for one small serving that you'll likely be eating, you won't be ingesting that much.. and it will sure taste a heck of a lot better than trying to go lo-fat..

cajungirl
on 11/22/11 9:43 pm

RNY on 02/21/05

Use the butter, why take a chance of ruining your dressing. How much can you eat of the dressing and how much butter will actually be in your small portion? I suspect your portion will be minimal so you won't actually be eating much butter.

You'll take in more carbs from the stuffing then fat from butter.

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huskergalWsD
on 11/22/11 10:28 pm

RNY on 03/19/07

thanks , I was concerned about eating the leftovers also which adds up. I like the idea of cutting back on the butter and increasing the broth , i will do that, thanks again so much..silly me should have thought of that already..nobody in a Happy Thanksgiving mood???? no one said Happy Thanksgiving back to me..ggeeeezzz

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Hislady
on 11/23/11 1:52 pm - Vancouver, WA

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