My Talk 1071 Colleen Lindstroms stuffing recipe

Here is a recipe for Stuffing from My Talk 1071's Colleen Lindstrom. She says, "Okay - so I'm a purist. I don't get funky with the T-day cooking. So, Betty Crocker provided us the base for our stuffing, and we Lindstrom it up with some tweeks. See below (and don't judge)":

Betty Crocker's Celery Stuffing (with a little Lindstrom love)Ingredients:


12 cups bread, cubes (Frequently we will make these ourselves with home-baked bread)
1 cup unsalted butter (honestly, because I believe in shopping local, and because in my opinion it's the best butter in the entire world, we use Pastureland butter that we get at the Seward coop)
3/4 cup minced onion (oddly, I use the frozen bagged stuff, because onions make me cry, and there should be no tears in cooking)
1 1/2 cups chopped celery stalks and leaves
1 tsp salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon ground sage
Home made Chicken Broth to moisten (We make our own chicken broth in the crockpot after making a whole chicken in the crockpot. -- here's my recipe: http://itsmybabyblog.com/2011/10/20/the-chicken-that-keeps-on-giving-by-colleen-lindstrom/)
Saute the onion and celery in the butter until tender, toss in the bread cubes coat with the buttery awesomeness, add salt, pepper, and sage, and then (yes, because I have a torrid affair with my crock-pot) throw it in the crock-pot on low for about 4 hours. Moisten frequently with chicken broth.


You can add all kinds of stuff to this if you want, mushrooms (just saute them in the beginning with the onions and celery) or sausage (browned). When it's leftover time, I smush this in a cast iron pan and brown it in olive oil to form a little crust and then kind of make a thanksgiving pizza using this as the crust, gravy as the sauce, and turkey... as the turkey.


We do not stuff our bird because we brine our turkey, but this stuffing works fine in a bird, too.

Sorry I am not fancy, but I gotta be me!