Day eight (of sixteen days of GREEN): Creamy Potato/Celery Chowder - a delicious way way to "go green"

Resist the urge to turn up your nose at this warm, creamy, and comforting soup - even if it is a light shade of green.  I think I could have this every day for lunch.  Great as a first course soup, and when made nice and thick - you could even call it a chowder.  Sprinkle with chives, parsley, croutons, or cheese.

Sometimes when I enjoy a creamy bowl of clam chowder, I wonder if I would enjoy it without the clams...  That’s what gave me the idea for this chowder.  It’s clam chowder - UNDERstated.  

You could technically call this a St Patrick’s Day meal, but the green is so  subtle you hardly notice it.  I added a small amount of potato to take away the slight bitter after taste you often get with celery, and found that it thickened the chowder slightly.  The flour completes the thickening.  

  

A blender makes quick work of getting this on the stove - so it’s easy to ladle into bowls within about 45 minutes.  Serve with Shamrock Cream Biscuits (link is HERE),  sliced cheese, and fresh cut apples & winter pears for a light end-of-winter meal.  

This is a painless way to “go green” - see if your family doesn’t agree.

(I loosely adapted this recipe from “Super Creamy Celery Soup” 

on CDKitchen.com)

For my step-by-step adaptation, go to:

www.changeabletable.com