tasty tuesday - the "i'm wearing a sweater in june!" addition

Its so chilly this morning, I'm actually wearing pants, socks, and a sweater. Its a little shocking for June, but it gives me a chance to make some rich, hearty foods that I thought I wasn't going to get to make for a few months. (And its nice to have a break from all the grilling!) For dinner tonight, Cinnamon Bacon Carbonara.

But this morning I made some of this:

Hello, beautiful.

Hearty Corn Chowder

1. Cook 7 slices of chopped bacon until crisp. Remove bacon and set aside, then drain about 1/2 the fat.

2. Chop a small onion and add to pot, cook to lightly browned, stirring to deglaze the pan. Add 3 potatoes, rinsed and chopped, as well as ~3.5 cups of milk and 1 - 1.5 cups of chicken broth.

3. Bring to a simmer, cover and cook for about 10 minutes. Add a sprig of rosemary, a heavy shake of pepper, a dash of salt, and one can of creamed corn, or about 5 ears worth of corn sliced off the cob. Cook about 5 minutes more until potatoes are tender.

4. Turn off heat and remove rosemary stem. Add half the bacon back to the pot (I also added about 1/2 a roasted chicken breast, sliced, which we had leftover in our fridge), and use your immersion blender to blend until smooth.

5. Add in ~ 1 cup of corn (I just gave it a quick boil in a separate to cook it through), and the rest of the bacon. And give it a stir. Taste for seasoning.

Enjoy!



Come the end of the week, I'll be ready for light, summery fare again... but this is a nice hearty change of pace.