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The best paleo stuffing recipe! Perfect for Thanksgiving or as a healthy grain-free side dish for roast chicken. Made with simple ingredients, you’ll be shocked at how much it tastes like “real stuffing”… but better!
Before You Get Started
- Choose a type of apple that isn’t too sweet and that holds up well to high temperatures. You don’t want them to become mushy or mealy after you sauté or bake them! Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, and Granny Smith are all great options.
How to Make This Recipe
See recipe card below for full list of measurements, ingredients, and instructions.
Sauté the ingredients.
Melt ghee in a cast-iron skillet, then toss in your onions, celery, mushrooms, apples, and cranberries, along with the parsley and seasonings. Give that a good stir, then sauté everything for 5-10 minutes, until the veggies and cranberries are very soft.
Add the rest.
Stir in the almond flour, then stir in 3 beaten eggs. Make sure everything is mixed really well – you don’t want clumps of almond flour or anything like that.
Bake the Stuffing.
30 to 45 minutes in the oven are all that stand between you and the best paleo stuffing you will ever eat! Once the stuffing is baked-through and browned on top, with slightly crisp edges, you’re all set.
If you don’t have a cast-iron skillet, any oven-safe skillet will work! No oven-safe skillet? Use a regular skillet on the stovetop, then after stirring in the eggs, transfer everything to baking dish for the oven steps.
What I Love About This Recipe
- This paleo stuffing tastes surprisingly like “real” stuffing, despite not containing, y’know… any bread or breadcrumbs or cornbread. It is loaded with savory veggies and sweet cranberries, though.
- It’s the perfect side dish for an air fryer chicken or a roast turkey, so it’s great for Thanksgiving feasts and weeknight dinners alike. It’s also really easy to make – the oven handles the most time-consuming part!
- Another reason to love paleo stuffing? It’s super versatile. Feel free to swap out or add whatever you like or have on hand. The paleo sausage from our Whole30 zuppa toscana would be delicious browned and mixed in to this stuffing!
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Have you tried freezing this recipe?
It should be fine to freeze and reheat! Just be sure to add a little bit of broth or water when reheating to keep it from drying out. 😊
I am going to try this next weekend – wondering if anyone or if you’ve tried it in a crockpot?
Hi, Amy! We have not tried making this in a Crockpot, so we can’t say for sure how it would turn out. We’d love to hear how it turned out if you tried it!
Can I use this stuffing in a turkey roll? If so, do I not cook it ahead of time and just add it in the turkey roll, then cook it all together?
We have not tried this, so we can’t say for sure. Let us know if you ended up trying it!
Great idea. Can I add some sort of protein? Ground meat? Thx
Sure!
Delicious! Made for a Friendsgiving and again later for family. All loved this recipe even those that don’t normally like stuffing. Thank you!!
So glad everyone loved it! Hope you had a wonderful Friendsgiving and Thanksgiving! 😊
Can this be made ahead of time like the day before? (without cooking) stored in the fridge then baked on the day?
That should work just fine! 😊
Came across this recipe. It looks amazing. All ready to try it out this year for Thanksgiving. Was wondering if I can make it ahead of time and reheat the day off. Thoughts or tips?
Hi Cori! Sorry for the delayed response! It should be just fine for reheating the day of. Hope it turned out well! 😊
This recipe looks great, but I can’t eat almonds. What other flours can I replace it with?
Hi Mindy! We haven’t tried this with any alternative flours, so we can’t say for sure. Cassava or oat flour might work! Let us know if you try it!
Hello, did you try the recipe with any other flours?
Can you make this recipe ahead of time and keep refrigerated?
Hi, Felicia! That should work just fine!
Hi, is there a substitute for poultry seasoning or can I leave out? Thank you!
Hi Jenny! You can definitely use any of your favorite seasonings in place of the poultry seasoning.