Guest Author - Heather Martin

If you're looking for a Cajun dressing or stuffing recipe, this works great as either.

Ingredients:

1 lb bacon, diced
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 each small yellow onion, diced
1 bunch celery, diced
1 each large green bell pepper, diced (or 2 small)
1/2 cup jumbo lump crab meat
1 cup shrimp, cooked & cut into small pieces
3 cups cornbread, crumbled
1 cup chicken broth or stock
3 tsp cajun or creole seasoning (I recommend Zaterain's Creole Spice)
1 tsp rubbed sage

Procedure:

1) Saute bacon until crisp, then add garlic, onion, celery, & pepper and cook until softened.

2) Mix veggies & bacon with all other ingredients in a large mixing bowl until well incorporated.

3) If the mixture is too dry for your taste, add more stock. On the other hand, if it is too moist, add more cornbread.

4) If you are using this recipe to stuff a turkey with, at this point you stuff the turkey with it.

5) If, however, you are serving this dish on the side as dressing, you put the mixture into a casserole dish and bake at 325 degrees for 20-30 minutes. It will dry up quite a bit in the oven, so make sure it is moist enough when you put it in.

6) Remove from the oven and enjoy!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!