Wild rice dressing with celery, nuts, and dried cranberries

We tried this NYT recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1014036-wild-rice-almond-and-mushroom-stuffing?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share For the dry sherry, we used sherry cooking wine. Our modifications: first, we substituted 8 oz dried cranberries and 8 oz water chestnuts (drained, sliced, and halved) for the cremini mushrooms. Second, we increased the diced celery to 1.5 cups (from 1 cup). Third, we substituted 2/3 cup toasted, chopped walnuts for toasted almond. Finally, at the end of cooking we added ½ tsp celery seed. Although we made this dressing for Christmas, it would be excellent for Thanksgiving. (Dec. 2020)