Clam Chowder

Ingredients

• 4-6 slices bacon
• 1/2 chopped onion
• 1 chopped carrot
• chopped broccoli
• chopped celery
• 1/2 cup margarine

• 1 (6 1/2 ounce) can clams
• 1/2 cup flour
• 4 cups milk
• salt (to taste)
• pepper (to taste)
• garlic salt (to taste)
• 2 chicken bouillon cubes
• 3 potatoes

Directions

1. 1

   Peel and cube potatoes. In a pot, cover potatoes with water and boil until you can easily pierce them with a fork.

2. 2

   While potatoes cook, use a skillet to fry bacon until crisp. Remove bacon, leaving the bacon grease in the pan, and crumble it. Set aside bacon pieces.

3. 3

   Put vegetables into bacon grease with margarine and saute. (for those with vegetable haters, this is a great opportunity to use the food processor to chop vegetables they don't like and still include them in the soup). Add flour to vege mixture and heat up.

4. 4

   When potatoes are done, drain water and add vege mixture to pot.

5. 5

   Add milk, boullion, clam juice, salt, pepper and garlic salt. Boil to thicken. (Add milk to thin or add a mixture of milk and flour to thicken).

6. 6

   Add clams and bacon and heat through.

7. 7

   Enjoy!