I've spent a lovely Thanksgiving at a gorgeous house in the Outer Banks of North Carolina with TA and his mother's side of the family.

I've featured a recipe or three of the MiL's in the past and though I was wary about the addition of Red Delicious apples in..well, anything, this stuffing was one of the best I've ever had.

The combination of the hot sausage and apples makes such a great pairing - I was truly surprised.

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A holiday dinner just isn't complete without a pumpkin pie. Now that I'm living in the South, I tend to hear quite a bite more about sweet potato pie than ever before - it's not exactly a popular dish in the Pacific Northwest.

However, no matter whether you prefer pumpkin or sweet potato, it can be a calorie bomb. The majority of those calories come from the crust. When something consists solely of flour and butter, though, that shouldn't really come as a surprise.

If you're like me, the crust is a mere nuisance anyway. Simply a vehicle with which to scoop all that lovely spiced squash and whipped cream into my mouth.

So why not do away with the crust as a whole?

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