Thanksgiving Casserole

With Autumn in full swing, I was in the grocery store a few weeks ago and was craving Thanksgiving food. For just Aaron and I, I would never think about making a full turkey. That is when it occurred to me that I could create a casserole with all of my favorite Thanksgiving flavors. I think that it turned out really well, so here is the recipe:

Ingredients:
Ground Turkey (approximately 1lb)
Stuffing (Pepperidge Farm Blue Bag)
Heinz Gravy (1 small bottle)
Cranberry Sauce (1 can)
1 small container baby potatoes
1 small onion
1/2 apple
Chicken Stock

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Bring a large pot of water to a boil for the potatoes. Cook until potatoes are fork tender and of a consistency appropriate for mashing. Add a little butter, milk, salt and pepper for flavoring and mash until there are no lumps. In a large casserole dish, spread the mashed potatoes in an even layer on the bottom.

In a large skillet with a rim, saute ground turkey until cooked through. Add either a small jar of gravy, or make your own (making a rue using flour, butter, etc.). Heat the gravy through over low heat. Once cooked through, spread the ground turkey and gravy mixture in an even layer over the potatoes.

Open the can of cranberry sauce (or make your own cranberry sauce. It is very easy and super yummy- recipe to come later). Spread in an even layer over the gravy/turkey mixture in the casserole dish.

In a small saute pan, saute diced small onion and 1/2 an apple (cubed) until softened and starting to brown. Add to 3 cups of Pepperidge Farm stuffing (If you prefer a different type of stuffing, please feel free to use that. Alternatively, you can make your stuffing from scratch.). Add 1 Cup of Chicken Stock and mix until stuffing is softened. Top the casserole with the stuffing mix.

Bake in oven at 375 degrees until stuffing has browned and all of the flavors have combined (approximately 20-30 minutes). Enjoy!