This crockpot stuffing recipe takes a simple boxed stuffing mix and turns it into something that tastes completely homemade. Savory sausage, buttery sautéed onion and celery, rich broth, milk and egg make it moist, flavorful and worthy of the Thanksgiving table—all without taking up precious oven space.

This is basically the ultimate doctored-up boxed stuffing: all the ease of a shortcut with the rich, savory flavor of homemade. Browning the sausage and sautéing the vegetables in butter before they hit the slow cooker makes all the difference. Then everything cooks low and slow while you focus on the turkey, rolls and everything else fighting for oven space.

Ingredients You’ll Need

This stuffing comes together with simple, familiar ingredients that work together to create something special.

• Ground sausage: Adds savory flavor, richness and plenty of seasoning. We love it for making boxed stuffing taste homemade.
• Celery: Adds a little texture and that classic savory stuffing flavor.
• Onion: Sautéed in butter until tender to create a sweet, flavorful base.
• Butter: Adds richness and gives the vegetables and stuffing that essential buttery flavor.
• Better Than Bouillon + hot water: Creates a deeply flavored chicken broth without opening a carton. Regular chicken broth works too.
• Milk: Adds moisture and richness for a softer, more luxurious stuffing.
• Egg: Binds everything together and gives the stuffing structure as it cooks.
• Stuffing mix: The shortcut that makes this recipe so easy. We love Kinder’s stuffing mix for its seasoning and texture, but another similar dry stuffing mix will work.

Simple ingredients, big results. Measurements can be found in the recipe card below.

How to Make Crockp

This high protein creamy ground beef noodle casserole is rich, cozy, and packed with flavor, but gets a boost from cottage cheese that makes it extra satisfying without feeling heavy.

A nostalgic, family-friendly ground beef noodle casserole that uses cottage cheese to make a genuinely high-protein dinner—without tasting like “health food.” Each serving has 18g of protein!

It’s like a homemade version of Hamburger Helper—cheap, familiar, kid-friendly and comforting, but this one is secretly high protein which makes it more healthy!

Love easy ground beef dinners? Try our Korean Ground Beef Noodles or Korean Beef Cottage Cheese Protein Bowl next.

My mom was in the depths of motherhood—five kids, a husband traveling a lot for work, and dinner was starting to feel like a burden. Then my grandma called and said, “I have this casserole recipe for you. It’s super easy and cheap to make!”

My mom needed both, and this casserole has been in our family ever since.

Over the years, we’ve figured out how to make it even better: cottage cheese makes the filling extra creamy while adding protein, without making this taste remotely like “health food.”

This viral beef broth bowl is loaded with crispy caramelized ground beef, fluffy rice and a creamy coconut curry broth with gochujang, ginger and lime. It’s an easy dinner packed with sweet, savory and spicy flavor, plus cool cucumber and fresh cilantro to balance all that richness.

I kept seeing broth bowls everywhere and finally had to know if they were actually worth the hype. Spoiler: they absolutely are! The crispy beef soaking up that creamy broth is what got me.

What Is a Beef Broth Bowl?

A beef broth bowl is somewhere between a rice bowl and soup. Fluffy rice and seasoned beef are added to a bowl with fresh toppings, then hot flavorful broth is ladled around everything.

The version that’s gone viral adds another level with crispy ground beef and a creamy coconut curry broth. Every spoonful gets a little rice, caramelized beef and broth—and suddenly it makes perfect sense why everyone is making them!

Ingredients You’ll Need

Crispy Beef

• Canola Oil: Helps the beef get a good sear without burning.
• Ground Beef: Ground chuck works too. You want enough fat for flavor and caramelization without making the broth greasy.
• Fresh Ginger + Garlic: Fresh aromatics add loads of flavor to the beef.
• Cornstarch: Helps the sauce thicken and cling to the beef.
• Soy Sauce: The salty, savory base of the beef sauce.
• Beef Broth: Adds moisture and deeper beef flavor.
• Brown