Creamy Corn Chowder + Grilled Cheese = YUM!

Last night was the perfect night to enjoy soup. It appears that our "Indian Summer" is now over and we are back to reality with more November-like temperatures. I guess it couldn't last forever...ha! So being that it was only 45 degrees yesterday, soup sounded so warm and cozy! I love eating soup on nights like last night. Actually I've been known to eat supper in the middle of a heatwave in July too but we'll save that story for another time :)!


Creamy Corn Chowder is to prepare and "cook". There is some chopping involved but not so much that you wonder if it's truly worth it! Any hey if you have one of those handy dandy vegetable choppers it is a piece of cake (I have one but didn't use it...I like to chop veggies, what can I say). Hubs and I enjoyed the soup. Wee-one took a few bites and proclaimed he was "done" and that was without eating a bite of his grilled cheese too! He noticed there was corn (GASP) in the soup right away so I think that might have made up his mind right then and there not to eat it. However while I was enjoy a bowl for lunch this afternoon, Wee-one told me he wanted soup and "in my own bowl" too :)! And he ate every last drop I gave him. So I would say it was a hit. Maybe not at supper last night but it hit the spot today (for both of us). Oh and we saved his grilled cheese last night for his bedtime snack and he happily ate that at 8 p.m. Apparently he wasn't hungry at 6:00 like usual. So VICTORY is mine...LOL!!


I took pictures last night everyone...oh yes I did! I hope to continue doing that too. I think it'll add a nice touch to my blog. If you all have any more suggestions please feel free to let me know.

Here's the DELICIOUS recipe from last nights supper:

Creamy Corn Chowder (http://www.myrecipes.com/)

*6 slices of bacon, cut into 1-in. pieces
*1 med. onion, chopped
*2 stalks celery, chopped
*1 med. red bell pepper, chopped (I left this out...we are not huge fans of these in our soup)
*3 med. potatoes, diced
*1 (1lb.) bag frozen corn kernels, thawed
*1 tsp. dried thyme
*Salt and Pepper
*1/3 c. flour
*6 c. chicken broth
*1 bay leaf (I don't have any so I left this out)
*1 c. half-and-half

In a 4 quart soup pot, cook bacon over medium high heat, stirring until brown and crispy (about 5 minutes). Pour off all but 2 Tbsp. of fat.

Add onion, celery and bell pepper and cook, stirring, until softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Add potatoes, corn, thyme, salt and pepper. Stir to combine.

Sprinkle flour over mixture and stir until thickened and fragrant, about 3 minutes.

Slowly pour in broth, stirring constantly until smooth. Add bay leaf; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer until potatoes are tender (about 25 minutes).

Remove bay leaf and stir in half-and-half. Cook until warmed through.

Yield: 8 servings

Served with Grilled Cheese and you have yourself one heck of a hearty meal :)!

So tonight's meal is Spaghetti and Meat Sauce. I have posted about that before and figure everyone has their own "special" spaghetti sauce recipe. So I won't post about that tomorrow. I'll probably post tomorrow nights supper recipe on Monday along with pictures. So don't be alarmed if you don't hear from me until Monday... :)! I know you'll miss me! Have a great weekend everyone!