Shelli McConnell
Shelli McConnell graduated with a bachelor of science in consumer food science and a minor in journalism from Iowa State University. She began her career as a home economist in the Better Homes & Gardens test kitchen before moving into an editorial position within DotDash Meredith. She has since freelanced for 25 years and has served as an editorial project manager for many books and magazines, including three editions of the Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book. She has also developed thousands of recipes for publications including Forks Over Knives magazine; Eat This, Not That!; Diabetic Living; Better Homes & Gardens; The Magnolia Journal; and more. McConnell loves to entertain and inspire, so when she’s not in her office, she’s usually in her kitchen. Find her on LinkedIn.
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Is it necessary to do the food processor step or could you skip it?
I prefer plain sweet potatoes to this recipe. Lots of work for something I tossed after trying!
I made these for Thanksgiving. They were good, anfter I picked out the croutons they were far better. The croutons got in the way of the other flavors. I’ll make them again but leave out the bread.
Just made this dish for myself for Thanksgiving. I am vegan and haven’t found a tasty “stuffing” recipe. I improvised a bit and I had so much stuffing, I just scrapped putting it into the shells and loaded it into a glass baking dish. Um, YUMMM..I could eat this all the time, and I just might!
Both my husband and I really liked this recipe. It’s a keeper. I didn’t have any greens so I left them out. Next time I would use spinach. But was good as is. Be careful not to overcook the sweet potatoes. I followed the recipe exactly (minus the greens).
This looks delicious. One member of household doesn’t like mushrooms. Can you suggest a substitute?
Thank you
I bet seasoned tofu would be good or little . I am no expert cook but personally…maybe carrot to replace the mushroom to give it a little texture. It’s already loaded with chick peas.
In addition to zucchini or a type of squash, you can try eggplant, tofu, thinly slice potatoes, or even chickpeas! Any veggie of choice with some umami seasoning may work.
zucchini could work or pumpkin or butternut cubes… even sweet potato cubes if par cooked.
Made this holiday dish even though it’s the middle of summer lol. Absolutely delicious. Would definitely make again but want to try with regular potatoes too!
Excellent. To save me some time, I substituted the bread crumbs, poultry seasoning and parsley with Pepperidge Farm Herbed Stuffing Mix.
I left out the mushrooms and chickpeas in food processor as I don’t have one. I did add finely cut up mushrooms though. This was delicious and had half and other half the next night.
Thanks.
Hi guys love your recipes! Would you be able to put the calorie count on your recipes as well?
Hi Tejaswi, glad to hear you love the recipes! We have not included calorie information in our recipes to avoid encouraging nutrient tallying and calorie counting, which can create more problems than they solve. With a whole-food, plant-based diet, it’s recommended to eat until comfortably satiated instead of counting calories. The higher water and fiber content of whole plant-based foods allows our bodies to more accurately gauge how much food we need to eat.
If your condition requires you to know specific nutrient information, we recommend entering our recipes into online nutritional software, like Cronometer or MyFitnessPal.
You may find Jeff Novick’s “The Caloric Density Approach to Nutrition and Lifelong Weight Management” article helpful: http://www.forksoverknives.com/the-calorie-density-approach-to-nutrition-and-lifelong-weight-management/