Quick and Easy Corn Chowder

If you have bacon...this recipe starts with that! 

Cook Bacon in a saute pan until crisp. Transfer to plate. 6 slices to a whole pound whatever you have or feel like! This recipe is more like a guideline than an exact science...

If you don't have bacon, this will still be good- Start here~

In remaining bacon oil from saute pan- Saute approx. 4 cups frozen corn, and 1-2 cups chopped bell peppers (red, yellow, orange any color is great!) About 1 cup chopped onion too, or whatever you have. It's soup! Measurements don't have to be exact.

In a large pot add 2 cups (or 3 or 4 cups) chicken broth and bring to a boil. Add the corn, onion and bell peppers. Simmer for about 20 minutes. Add 3 cups milk or half and half. Season with salt and black pepper and the BACON goes in now if you have it. 

If it needs to be thickened a little...3-4 tbsp cornstarch to a little water and simmer into your soup. 5-10 minutes. 

This is an easy, fool proof quick soup I make for lunch. 

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Homemade Split Pea and Ham Soup

8 cups water

1 lb dried split peas, rinsed

Heat water and peas to a boil in large "soup pot". Boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover and let stand for 1 hour.

1 Ham Bone

1 onion chopped (1/2-1 cup)

2 cups water

1 tsp. salt

pepper 

Add the ham bone, onion, water, salt and pepper to peas. Heat to boiling. Cover with lid but "crack it". Meaning, don't put the cover on tight. Simmer for about 1 hour. (longer is okay)

Remove ham bone. Set aside on plate or cutting board to cool so that in a bit you can remove the meat from it. 

Add to peas in pot:

1 cup carrots, cut up

1 cup celery, cut up

(if you have more or less of any of these ingredients -go with it. It will still turn out.)

When your ham is cool enough to handle. Find and cut up all the meat off the bone into small pieces. Add to soup. 

Simmer for 45 minutes or all day!

I double this soup and it all fits in my large stock pot.

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