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Thanksgiving is right around the corner!

My guest today is Beth Bergren with a Slow Cooker Thanksgiving stuffing recipe and a few holiday memories.

You Are What You Eat

Treasure the Quiet Moments with this Slow Cooker Stuffing Recipe

Beth Bergren – At Mom’s Table – Homemaking Mentoring Ministry

Many times after a Thanksgiving meal I felt more stuffed than the turkey!

I have vivid recollections of my mother spending countless hours planning the meal, writing out the grocery list, shopping weeks in advance to avoid the crowds. Often it involved several trips to the store to be sure she had everyone’s favorite food item represented at the table.

I loved watching her weave her culinary expertise like a magic wand. Wrestling with a turkey that was difficult for her to handle because of its weight and size. Pre-toasting day old hot dog buns to make her own croutons and adding just the right amount of salt, pepper, sage, onion, celery, sausage and broth to the stuffing mix to create the best dressing ever made.

Peeling and boiling large portions of potatoes, blending in the right amount of butter, milk and seasonings crafting white fluffy, flavorful mounds of mashed potatoes fit to serve a king. Chopping, dicing and mixing all the right ingredients to make a colorful and tasty Cole slaw that became her signature dish.

My favorite and most anticipated addition to the table was her divided crystal sparkling diamond like serving dish filled with homemade dill pickles and spiced apple rings.

The table setting was breath taking and the aroma from the turkey roasted to perfection filled the kitchen! Love was in the air! A meal created by loving hands by a mother who cared deeply for her family and friends.

I have discovered the secret to less stress at Thanksgiving [Tweet This] is to prepare as much of the meal ahead of time.

Thanksgiving is a time to look at your spiritual thermometer. The saying above “you are what you eat” can apply to spiritual truth. Do you plan and prepare for daily servings of bible reading, prayer and asking for wisdom?  Do you feast on quality intimate time spent with Jesus brings that brings peace (less stress) to everyday life?

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man who trusts in him.

Psalm 34:8

 

 

Beth’s Slow Cooker Heaven

MAKE AHEAD THANKSGIVING STUFFING [Click to Tweet]

12 precooked frozen sausage patties

1 large (14 oz.) package of sage and onion stuffing bread cubes

1 small can cream of chicken soup

1 small can cream of mushroom soup

1 to 1½ cups Swanson’s chicken broth

1 cup diced celery

1 cup diced onion

½ cup melted butter

Salt and pepper to taste

Thaw frozen sausage patties in microwave for 20 seconds. Grind in a food processor until coarse. Mix all ingredients together gently in a large bowl.

Freeze up to two weeks.

Thaw in refrigerator two days before serving.

Thanksgiving morning, stir mixture and place in a lightly greased 6 quart slow cooker.

Cover.

Cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours.

Stir occasionally with a fork to prevent sticking.   Fluff with fork before serving.

 

Beth Bergren

At Mom’s Table – Homemaking Mentor

Teach Truth – Touch Hearts – Transform Lives

Beth is an accomplished speaker/teacher/writer guiding busy women in learning practical living (homemaking skills) and intentional life (Biblical womanhood) topics.  Having taught over 450 cooking classes and leading women’s Bible studies she shares her passion and expertise through workshops, cook-books and blog writing.  Check out her website at www.bethbergren.com and her blog at www.bethbergren.blogspot.com

Beth welcomes the opportunity to speak to your women’s group.  Her passion is to equip women to love the Lord and love their life!

 

 

 

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