Low-Fat Clam & Vegetable Chowder

Submitted by Dancer

• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 3

ingredients

• 1 cup small shell pasta (or other small pasta)
• 3 cups 1% low-fat milk
• 1 (10 ounce) bag frozen mixed vegetables, thawed and drained
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1⁄2 teaspoon paprika
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 (6 ounce) can clams, drained
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Prepare pasta according to package directions and drain. Rinse pasta under cold water to cool.
2. Combine 2 1/2 cups milk, vegetables, thyme, paprika and pasta in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat until hot but not boiling.
3. Combine remaining 1/2 cup milk and cornstarch and mix until cornstarch dissolves.
4. Stir cornstarch into soup and return to simmer.
5. Add clams and simmer for 3 minutes.
6. Season with salt and cracked black pepper.

Reviews

[rysharen]

Made this tonight and it's good but kind of bland. I even added some Red Pepper Flakes to spice it up. It's filling definitely but the taste was just kind of bland to me. Maybe next time I'll have 2 garlic cloves chopped instead of the Red pepper Flakes. I gave 3 stars for it being filling but maybe I did something wrong because it had little taste to me.

 

[Derf2440]

Delicious chowder! I got carried away at the farmer's market, the veggies are all so beautiful!! so instead of frozen veggies I steamed a mix of veggies and used them. zucchini, carrots, broccoli, yellow wax beans, onion and celery. Also added a shake of red pepper flakes for some heat. I cut back the pasta to 1/4 cup of whole wheat elbow macaroni. Using fresh steamed veggies gave it a lovely crunch, if I use fresh veggies next time I will add more liquid, it turned out very thick but delicous. Quite a different clam chowder that I will be making again, thanks for posting.