potato and corn chowder.

i love me some soup.  i also love me some friends who help make soup.  christina's sister caroline was in town and they decided to prep all the ingredients we had in the house while i went to the store and procured the others.  so this soup was born.  potatoes, corn, love and all!

ingredients
2 potatoes, peeled and diced
2 1/2 cups water
2 T butter
1 medium onion, chopped
1 1/2 t salt
1 stalk of celery, minced
1/2 red bell pepper, minced
5 cobs of corn
freshly ground  black pepper
1/4 t dried thyme
1/2 t dried basil
1 c milk, room temperature

directions
1.  place the potato and water in a pot, bring to a boil, cover, and cook until tender.  set aside (don't drain em!).
2.  melt the butter in a soup pot.  add the onion and salt and cook over medium-low, stirring frequently.  after five minutes add the celery.  after 5 more minutes add the cooked potates and their liquid, the bell pepper, corn, black pepper, and herbs.
3.  mix it up real well and cover.  reduce heat and cook it for about five more minutes.
4.  use a blender or food processor to puree about half of the soup chunks and then mix that back into the rest of the soup.
5.  stir in the milk.  eat!


this recipe came from (well, i changed a few things) this really really wonderfully awesome cookbook my friend marianne gave me.  it is called the Enchanted Broccoli Forest by Mollie Katzen.  i can assure you that you will be seeing many a recipe from this book in the future!

(by the way, this soup happened before i even moved...so probs about a month ago.  i have no excuse for the delay....)