Loaded Baked Potato Soup Crockpot Style, A Perfect Winter Recipe!

A couple of weeks ago, I got an amazing new crock pot and I have just been so motivated to try new recipes with it!  One of the ones I've tried was one I really loved so I thought I'd share it here!  Everyone in my family loved it!  

I made our Loaded Baked Potato Soup with Better than Bouillon and they've very generously offered to give away a jar of choice to 10 of my blog readers!  I think it's important to point out that Better Than Bouillon Concentrated Stocks are fat free and have 1/3 less salt than ordinary bouillons. 

So here you have the recipe for Loaded Baked Potato Soup!  (By the way, BACON is in it.  And we all know, unless we're crazy, that bacon makes everything more delicious!)

Ingredients

6 large potatoes, peeled, cut in bite-sized cubes
3 cups Better than Bouillon Chicken Broth
8 oz. cream cheese
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 can cream of chicken

1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1 cup sour cream (optional)
8 slices bacon, crumbled

Directions

•  Combine first 5 ingredients in a large crock pot; cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 8 hours.

• Top with sour cream (if used); sprinkle with bacon and more cheese.

Super easy!  And now for our...

GIVEAWAY

Enter below by 4/26 at 11pm anyone's time.  I'll choose a winner the next morning.  In the meantime, think about what you'd like to make with one of the following: Au Jus Base, Beef Base, Chicken Base, Chili Base, Clam Base, Fish Base, Ham Base, Lobster Base, Mushroom Base, Turkey Base,Vegetable Base. 

Which Better than Bouillon Base do you think sounds the most recipe-inspiring?

 

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Special thanks to the wonderful people at Better than Bouillon who provided me with these jars to review and give away!

Raising Maidens of Virtue

The Webster's 1828 Dictionary defines the word maiden as "a young unmarried woman; a virgin; fresh; new; unused." It goes on to describe a maiden as one who speaks and acts "demurely or modestly"... My goal isn't to resurrect an antiquated word, but to instill its meaning into the hearts and minds of young women.... A wise and noble Christian maiden should bring honor to her earthly father by glorifying her Heavenly One. ~Stacy McDonald

One of my deepest desires is to raise my three daughters to be "maidens of virtue".  For that reason, I was especially looking forward to reading Stacy McDonald's new edition of Raising Maidens of Virtue: A Study of Feminine Loveliness for Mothers and Daughters.

I was engrossed from the book's forward on.  Raising Maidens of Virtue is very well-balanced and really is, I believe, something that should be read by every mother of daughters and every Christian young woman who longs to live her life for God.  Stacy McDonald addresses a wide variety of things girls go through fromwhat it means to be chaste to taming the tongue. It talks about love and a knight in shining armor.  McDonald takes a relevant look at our culture today and she isn't afraid to speak truth that may be considered The book is convicting in a good way that will draw you and your daughters closer to God if you approach it with an open heart.  The author's words often touched my heart as I read.  So many times, I found myself taking out my pen to outline ideas that I wanted to read over again, and underlining sentences that spoke truth to my soul. The book is filled with poignant scripture that paints a beautiful picture of not only who are daughters can be in Jesus, but who we can and should be.

Jesus wants you to be beautiful, not to simply look beautiful.  May this type of radical beauty define your life--and may it be consistently evident to the lost and dying world around you!

Besides holding a fountain of wisdom for mothers and daughters, the book also included beautiful watercolor illustrations by Johannah Bluedorn.  I'm planning to frame them and hang them in my daughters' room.  The book also includes special memory making projects to do with your daughter(s).  Ideas like "a literary maiden luncheon" and "a virtuous maiden scrapbook" sounded like something I'd love to do with my daughters when they're a bit older.  

You can visit the author's blog at Your Sacred Calling, and you can purchase her book from my new favorite Christian bookstore Grace and Truth Books.  If you read only one book on raising your lovely daughters let this be it, or if you are a daughter, I challenge you to read this book and be inspired.