Loving Life in Idaho

With fall on the way, I thought I would do a quick update. Today is our last day of summer vacation, the kids go back to school tomorrow!!! Yikes! Summer just flew by! Today was a cool and rainy morning and it got me thinking about how many things I love about the fall season. One of my absolute favorite things is all the yummy soup recipes! I thought I would share with you my family's favorite Clam Chowder recipe. I guarantee you will love this if you love clam chowder. “Russ’” Clam Chowder Ingredients: (makes about 8 quarts) ½ lb chopped bacon ½ cup chopped Onion ½ cup chopped green bell peppers ½ cup chopped celery 5 large potatoes diced 1 12-15 ounce bag of frozen corn (or 3 cans niblets) 1 51 ounce can of chopped clams 1 51 ounce can of swanson chicken broth (or 8 tsp chicken bouillon in 51 oz. of water) 1 cube (1/4 lb) of real butter ¾ cup of flour 1 qt half and half 1 tsp salt ¼ tsp pepper ½ tsp thyme 2 cans Campbell’s cream of asparagus soup ...

Ingredients: Romaine lettuce (1 head shredded) 1 cup diced onions and celery 1 can sliced water chestnuts layered 1 small bag frozen peas mayonnaise (thin layer over frozen peas) sugar sprinkled lightly and evenly over mayonnaise small tub of crumbled blue cheese 4 hard boiled eggs sliced 4 slices of bacon cooked and crumbled tomatoes layered shredded cheese (light layer) Layer all ingredients starting with the romaine lettuce :-) That's it, nice and easy, but more than 7 layers...have no idea why it is called 7 layers!!! :-)