What is it about those teeny tiny flakes that inspire a flurry of cooking?
We’re getting several inches of snow today, perhaps more snow in this one day that we have had all winter long so far! It’s been a very brown and gray winter, that’s for sure. And as I watch the little flakes flutter to the ground, I think “Boy, I should make a soup or something.” Oh yeah.
So I’m making my Manhattan Clam Chowder.
It’s a very easy recipe, one of my “staples” that I turn to when I don’t have any meat thawed out or any plans for dinner. Half of the soup ingredients are canned items, which keep easily in the pantry. The other ingredients are simple things: some cooked sausage, maybe some leftover bacon slices (I didn’t use any bacon in the soup today, though), a green pepper, an onion, some potatoes. Leftover vegetables are perfect additions, too, like cooked carrots or corn. Simmering all day long, the pot exudes a delicious smell that adds to the coziness of the day.
So what do you usually do when the weather keeps you inside? Do you relax with some tea and scones, leafing through the latest Luminox watches or English country home catalogs? Or do you get this strange urge to cook up your own little storm?
March 5, 2012 at 9:55 am
hard to believe something that looks THAT good could be made partyly with canned foods….