There is a long held belief that the smell that makes everybody who walks into your house say “Smells like Thanksgiving in here!” comes from the turkey.  I am a firm believer that the smell actually comes from the stuffing.   If you ever cook a turkey without stuffing or stuffing without a turkey, you’ll see what I mean.

I really believe that when it comes to stuffing, simple is best.  Please, no walnuts or cranberries in mine.  Just bread, onions, celery… you know, like our forefathers intended. 😉

This is my Nan’s Thanksgiving Stuffing, which is the only stuffing I’ve been eating for the last 35 years, tweaked just a notch.  My main tweak is that I use fresh french bread that I then cut up and let go stale instead of those little dried bread croutons that you get in a back, which is what my Nan uses.  I…