this is actually very close to it
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Italian-Sausage-and-Bread-Stuffing-240559
except we probably make 4x the amount and never measure!
I usually fill up on the antipasto and the following pasta courseI hardly ever eat any turkey...it tastes like rotisserie chicken to me and I eat those just about every week. I honestly would never complain if I never had turkey again. However I do appreciate the leftover turkey bc I'll freeze it and make various things with it over the next couple months like turkey enchiladas or chowder or something else where I can't tell the difference that it's turkey and not chicken.
I know when you're craving a food you just make it, Vrai, vs. only having it on special occasions, but since I'm usually a low-carber and since I'm usually only cooking for one, pasta is a big treat for me! I'm not going to make a big pan of lasagna for just myself bc I'll eat every single bite of itplus, while my cooking skills can knock anyone's socks off...no one does it like my mother. Sounds like she can easily go head-to-head with BadGirl in the kitchen. She'll completely blow you away. Going home is usually a long giant carb-induced coma-weekend and I'm
can't have it.
That actually brings me to ask a question: with all the favorite family recipes that go on during the holidays, surely some of them aren't even written down they've been passed along via word of mouth and physically making them together....but are there any family recipes that you try to replicate, and while good, they never compare to the person's version who taught you?
That's how I am with LasagnaI don't feel bad though bc my mother's the same way. The one thing my grandmother actually makes well is lasagna. I don't know why...or how...everything else she does is bland and boring, but her lasagna? ####. she was taught from her MIL who came straight off the boat from Sicily. She in turn taught my mother...who in turn taught me. My mother's is great...and so is mine...but NOT. LIKE. GRANDMA'S. This is a fight we have every holiday she brings her pan. They compare their recipes...exactly the same every time. But Grandma's wins. Every time.
Oh yea, meant to add...just add in a can of stewed tomatoes...those whole ones you can coarsely chop yourself...not too small.
We really should be life partners. 
Awwww.
Speaking of recipes. Do you happen to remember the recipe for those lemon, ginger, martinis you made several years ago for my Pampered Chef Party?
I don't have TG my way anymore. The giant nixed almost all my family traditions. Damn Yankee.We'd have a turkey, a ham, boiled potatoes, sweet potato pie, cole slaw, mashed potatoes, cornbread, biscuits, gravy, black strap molasses, fresh churned butter, green bean casserole, oyster and walnut stuffing, pecan pie, ambrosia, chocolate pie, pumpkin pie, stack cake, cranberry salad, 7 layer salad, mac-n-cheese, corn on the cob, deviled eggs, a relish plate, a veggie plate, greens, spiced peaches, homemade ice cream and a red velvet cake. Pure food hog heaven.
My husband just want a turkey, mashed potatoes, sausage stuffing, instant gravy, instant biscuits, and a store bought pumpkin pie. It'sHe also likes instant boxed mac and cheese. I blame his upbringing.
Thankfully, I have the opportunity to join people on TG that really know how to put on spread.