{"id":3092,"date":"2010-01-03T07:53:06","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T14:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=3092"},"modified":"2019-10-20T06:34:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T13:34:45","slug":"quick-and-easy-clam-chowder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=3092","title":{"rendered":"Quick and Easy Clam Chowder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winter is finally here in Texas and I’m in the mood for some clam chowder.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Back in the fall I went on a girls trip with my twin sister and two other friends. We went to Newport, RI and had such a great time touring the mansions, shopping, and eating a lot of wonderful seafood.<\/p>\n

I knew that I was going to have a lot of seafood while on this trip and I did.  I had crab cakes, clam chowder (twice), shrimp, and steak\/shrimp. By the time we left the temperature had dropped to 39\u00b0 and I was wanting more of the clam chowder and couldn’t wait for some cool or even colder weather here in Texas so I could make a pot of this Clam Chowder. I’ve said before that here in Texas you can’t wait for cold weather to have soup, you just have to make it when you’re in the mood.<\/p>\n

My sister and I have been making this quick and easy chowder for years. Supposedly it is a recipe from a restaurant up in St. Louis that we went to back in the 70’s that looked like Noah’s Arc.<\/p>\n

The recipe calls for a lot of canned soups but we have tweaked it and use “fat-free” or “healthy request” soups for any of the ones we can find, added some extra clams and some bottled clam juice.<\/p>\n

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You can have all these ingredients on hand for a last minute dinner.<\/p>\n

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Just open everything up and start mixing. In no time you will have a delicious bowl of chowder.<\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcan Campbell's Cream of celery soup<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfat-free if possible<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcan Campbell's New England Clam Chowder<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfat-free if possible<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcan Campbell's Cream of Onion soup<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfat free if possible<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcan Campbell's Cream of Potato soup<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfat-free if possible<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcans clams<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdrained and rinsed (any size)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbottle clam juice<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstick butter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1-2<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcans milk<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tto thin soup to desired consistency<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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