Potato and Corn Chowder

THIS is what we had for lunch today. Potato and Corn Chowder. YUM! This little dish is a new favorite around here. Especially on November days that actually act like November days and are a little chilly outside.

Bet ya can’t guess what cookbook I got the idea from???

You guessed it. Gooseberry Patch. This particular one is one of my most used cookbooks by the way. LOVE all of the ideas and recipes.

So I started with an onion… no tears please 🙂

I chopped her up and threw her in a pot with 2 T “butter”. I used light margarine–GASP. (Sorry I ain’t a butter purist Paula–and let’s be honest if I were Paula I would have put the whole darn stick in.)

Then I cooked her up until the onions were a little translucent.– Not sure why my onion is a girl today, but she is–so go with it.

In the mean time, I grabbed some red potatoes. I heart red potatoes. I grew up on Russets, but now we have red 90% of the time. Oh I know the potato gods think you need a different potato for different dishes. Not me… red potatoes are too heavenly to use anything else;)

So I began to peel ’em up. But first I grabbed a garbage bowl a-la Rachel Ray style.

Speaking of Rachel. I’ve got a whole new respect for her after the Martha comments. And Martha, I have decided having an “inner Martha” ain’t such a good thing anymore– I know you will be heart broken.

I have decided that since my skills pale even in comparison to poor Rachel’s — I think I will now consult my “inner Rachel”–but Rach, I think I’ll keep my own voice if that is ok with you 😉

Back to the potato. I chopped them up and set them aside.

Then I measured out 2 cups of chicken broth (I strayed from the recipe here–you know me… cooking has to be an adventure and following things to a tee is just too boring!)