Food

FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD #94 - Make something from scratch

The past weekend I made a co-workers corn chowder recipe and after a little fumbling at first, it ended up coming out pretty good! And it was relatively easy to make (I took major short cuts and used canned carrots and potatoes) and took about 15 minutes to prep.

Here's the recipe:

**Disclaimer - following this recipe exactly will make enough to fill an entire crock pot so if you don't want that much, I'd adjust the recipe.**

Ingredients:

1/2 cup cutter
4 small onions (chopped)
6 cups cream style corn
2 cups boiling water
4 cups potatoes (chopped)
2 cups celery (chopped)
4 tps parsley
4 cups half n half
2 tsp salt
2 tsp pepper

Directions:

1. Cook butter, onion and carrots on medium - high heat until onions are tender. (This is a good time to get 2 the 2 cups of water going.)
2. Add potatoes, boiling water (to cook potatoes) and celery. Cook until potatoes are tender.
3. Add corn, half n half, parsley, salt and pepper.
4. Heat everything until its boiling, stirring occasionally, then reduce the heat to a simmer.

The longer you let everything simmer, the thicker the chowder will get. Its also a good idea to continue stirring everything so it doesn't burn/stick to the bottom of the pan.