Homestyle Stuffing {GAPS, Paleo & Primal}
Savoury sage and a hint of sweet apples make this holiday stuffing a delicious, GAPS-friendly alternative to traditional bread-based dishes. Enjoy!
Note: This serves a small family of 2-3. Double or triple the recipe as needed 
Ingredients:
- 3 ½ cups onion, diced (use a food processor for the chopping if you have one!)
- 2 ½ cups celery, diced
- 3/4 cups apple, cored and diced
- 1/4 cup dates (raisins or dried cranberries would also be good!)
- 2 cups almond flour (ground almonds)
- 2 teaspoons sage
- 2 teaspoons thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon marjoram
- 1/4 teaspoon rosemary
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter, ghee or coconut oil (melted)
- 3 eggs, whisked
Method:
- Grease a medium-sized baking dish
- Add 2 tablespoons butter/ghee/coconut oil to a saucepan and warm over low/med heat.
- Add onion, celery, apple and herbs and saute over medium heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
- In a large bowl (or in the pan if you want fewer dishes to clean), add almond flour and dates and mix.
- Add the lightly beaten eggs to the bowl and mix well.
- Add mixture to baking dish and bake at 350F for 45 minutes – 1 hour
Amanda
I don’t have almond flour, but I do have almond meal. I’m going to give this a try.
Kristen Eppner Ethridge via FB
Yay! I just picked up my Rehoboth Ranch turkey from the Coppell Farmer’s Market (and got the last dozen pastured eggs anywhere at the market…thankful for that!)
Kristen Eppner Ethridge via FB
Yay! I just picked up my Rehoboth Ranch turkey from the Coppell Farmer’s Market (and got the last dozen pastured eggs anywhere at the market…thankful for that!)
angela
This looks delicious! We’re not practicing Gaps but I am tempted to do this stuffing instead….
Angela Campagna via FB
This looks delicious! We’re picking up our turkeys tomorrow at the Ogan Family farm, I may have to do this stuffing with it. Thanks for the recipe!
Angela Campagna via FB
This looks delicious! We’re picking up our turkeys tomorrow at the Ogan Family farm, I may have to do this stuffing with it. Thanks for the recipe!
Roxanna Farnsworth via FB
picking mine up next Saturday for Christmas- already celebrated our Thanksgiving in Canada
Mommypotamus via FB
Kristen Eppner Ethridge – I must have just missed you. We were there right around the same time
Kristen Eppner Ethridge via FB
We’ll have to plan better for the next market on the 10th.
The lady in front of me bought a 24.5 pounder. They said out of 320 turkeys processed, he was the biggest. She said they liked leftovers. 
Mommypotamus via FB
Yes, let’s meet up!
Kristen Eppner Ethridge via FB
Deal! We’ll coordinate timing closer to the 10th.
Erica Graff via FB
How much stuffing does this make? If I’m cooking thanksgiving dinner for two, do you think halving it would be enough?
Mommypotamus via FB
Ah, thank you for reminding me, Erica Graff! I’ve been meaning to put a note up that says this recipe serves a small family – it would be perfect for two if you want just a little left over
Erica Graff via FB
Wonderful, thank you! Do you think halving it would be a bad idea, too little? We’re making a lot of sides, so I’m thinking a half recipe would be okay for us!
Amy Michelle Latham via FB
This recipe looks really good…and I also picked up my turkey on Saturday from Rehoboth Ranch at the Coppell Farmers Market! How funny!
Kristine Dessinger via FB
Yum! That sounds like a dessert.
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Sharmista
I made this tonight and it was great! My family said it tasted like real stuffing.
I modified it slightly… I boiled the turkey giblets until they were cooked, chopped them up in the food processor and added them in. No one knew the difference! I normally would have pitched the giblets, but this worked so well.
Emily Brown
I’m getting my Thanksgiving shopping list and menu put together….and this is on it!
Thanks for your awesome blog!! <3
Heather
Awww, thanks Em!
Joanne
How about if you want to actually stuff the turkey? Do you cook it first or put it in wet?
Could it be made without eggs somehow?
It looks yummy
Marthe
I am also curious about stuffing in the turkey. any recommendations?
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Marisa
I made this last Thanksgiving, and it was a big hit. It’s the best stuffing I have found! It has become a staple for our Thanksgiving feast. Thank you for all that you do, and especially for such a great resource! Happy Thanksgiving!
steph
I was wondering if it could be made with coconut flour instead? Thanks!
Heather
Hi Steph! Coconut flour absorbs a lot more moisture than almond flour so it’s not a good idea to make an equal substitution. Honestly, I tried a stuffing made with coconut flour bread before coming up with this recipe and it was awful. I’d stick with the almond flour or – if you’re allergic to almonds – maybe try sunflower meal instead. Hope that helps!
Leigh Ann
HI,
Do you know if I could make this up the day before and just save the actual baking of it for the day of Thanksgiving? I wasn’t sure if refrigerating it before baking it would do anything to the quality of it. Thanks!!
Heather
Hi Leigh Ann! I honestly don’t know because we usually polish it off in one sitting, sorry!
Leigh Ann
I will let you know if it works. I’m going to risk it and try it that way!
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Deanna
Are the herbs measured as fresh or dried? Thanks! So excited to serve this to my family this year!
Heather
Dried! Enjoy!
DrMommaLaelle
I would like to know as well about the herbs and if they are measured fresh or dried as I want to make it tomorrow. Thanks!
Heather
They’re dried.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Poppins
Hi!
This recipe looks lovely! Do you need the almond flour though? I’m looking to at least double it for a largish family gathering, and that would be a little bit pricey.
Heather
You could try substituting sunflower meal instead, but I cannot vouch for how it would turn out since I haven’t tried it.
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Christine
Just wanted to give you two thumbs up on this one!! Made it on Thanksgiving and it was so very delicious. I will be making this on a regular basis now. Thank you for solving one of my grain free challenges…stuffing!
Derval Cunningham
Hi there,
Can I freeze the pan of cooked stuffing?
Heather
Hi Derval! I have not tried it, but I think it would probably work.
Jennifer
I have a question not really specific to this recipe, but it somewhat applies. Is it really any cheaper to grind your own almond flour than to buy it? I’ve been buying mine at Kroger for around $8 for 1 pound (It’s been on sale for about $6.50), and 1 pound of almonds is around that or more it seems. I’m willing to make my own if it saves enough money, but don’t want the extra work if it doesn’t.
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