Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Creamy Corn Chowder

My sister gave me the "Our Best Bites" cookbook for my birthday.  Well - it was for my birthday but I actually got it about 6 months later.  That's how we roll in my family.  I had never heard of their blog before receiving the cookbook but I quickly went through it and made a mental note of different recipes that I wanted to try.  The recipe for Creamy Corn Chowder was one that I knew that I wanted to try when it was cold enough here. We really liked this.  I have trouble when it comes to cooking potatoes though.  I feel like I am always either over cooking or under cooking.  When red potatoes are involved I think I typically under cook - is it just me, or do they take way longer to cook?  The recipe said to cook 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender; I'm pretty sure that I cooked the soup for 30 minutes and because it was late and we were hungry I gave up.  It probably should have cooked for at least 10 minutes longer than I cooked it.

Other than that I followed the recipe.  This is definitely a make again recipe!

My own personal blog

This is my 3rd blog.  We have our family blog and I have a blog that I started to showcase my stamping hobby (and now that I have kids I never stamp anymore).  But I decided to create this little blog to keep track of new recipes that I try so I can have a record of what I tried that we liked and what we didn't like (we being my husband and I and hopefully one day our boys).  I may not stamp anymore, but we have to eat so until I can afford a personal chef I guess I will always be cooking.  If anyone else stumbles across and takes a read, I hope they don't find it too boring.