mom's dressing

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Lodi, CA
Updated on Aug 4, 2025

This was originally posted on my blog - Non-Dairy Queen of Sweets. My journey into the dairy-free life began in September 2014. It presented quite the challenge a few months later with the Thanksgiving holiday. Our family, in addition to my non-dairy, also has vegetarians and celiac disease. This year, we had a different section for each of us… my mom graciously made individual food for each of us. My favorite was her non-dairy dressing. To make it non-dairy, substitute the butter with your favorite “butter” substitute.

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Ingredients

  • gizzards, hearts, and necks of poultry
  • 1 - 2 - cubes dairy free butter
  • 2 - 3 cups chopped onions
  • 2 - 3 cups chopped celery
  • 6 - 8 cups cubed bread, dried/toasted
  • 2 tablespoons poultry seasoning
  • 1/2 - 1 teaspoons sage
  • chicken broth

How To Make mom's dressing

  • Step 1
    Boil gizzards and hearts with neck until soft; finely chop gizzards, heart, and liver (discard neck or use for something else).
  • Step 2
    Sauté with 1 cube dairy-free butter; add onion, celery, and remaining butter. When translucent, mix with bread cubes; add seasonings.
  • Step 3
    Add enough broth to make moist but not too wet. Bake in a greased pan, covered, for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
  • Step 4
    VETEGARIAN/VEGAN: Eliminate the gizzard, hearts, and liver and substitute vegetable broth
  • Step 5
    Edit Update: I upgraded this by adding 11 turkey sausage links, chopped, chopped mushrooms (about 1 cup), and eliminating the gizzards and hearts. Yum!!
  • Step 6
    To make the update vegetarian, substitute the sausage links for your favorite vegetarian/vegan substitute or eliminate them.

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Method: Bake
Culture: American
Ingredient: Bread

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