Clam Chowder Amongst Greens {A Lighter Ne Clam Chowder Option}

The thick together with creamy goodness of New England manner clam chowder, chock sum of clams, cream, together with tender potatoes ... it's ane of my favorites. But, I felt it necessary to notice a lower-fat, lower-carb, healthier version to brand at habitation that didn't possess the commons post-bowl guilt I felt later indulging inwards it's rich yumminess.

Still, it was hard for me to allow instruct of the traditional. I did grow upwardly inwards New England, later all. When I came across a recipe packing inwards greens together with boasting lower calories together with carbs, I was skeptical, merely tried to stand upwardly for on to a chowder-open mind. Replace the traditional potatoes amongst leafy greens?? Really??? Though skeptical, I was intrigued.

So, figuring the worst that could hap was a wasted pot of chowder, I took the plunge together with cooked upwardly a batch. Well gauge what? This is forthwith my go-to Clam Chowder. No wasted pot of chowder here. While it's non quite equally thick equally the traditional fare, it's got dandy season and a well for y'all boot from the greens.

Healthy greens similar these turnip together with mustard greens ...

... chopped upwardly together with cooked upwardly amongst a whole mess of clams, half-and-half, together with turkey bacon.

Serve upwardly a bowl amongst some whole-grain bread, together with you've got yourself a hearty repast amongst all the creamy goodness of New England Clam Chowder ... together with minus the guilt.

Clam Chowder amongst Greens

Source: Adapted from Prevention Healthy Cooking's Lose Weight the Smart Low-Carb Way

(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

1/4 lb. (about five slices) turkey bacon

1 T. olive oil

1 large onion, finely chopped

1 garlic clove, minced

vi T. flour

iv c. (about 12 oz.) chopped turnip or other greens

ii (14 1/2 oz.) cans chicken broth

three (10 oz.) cans chopped clams, juice reserved

1 c. milk or half-and-half

1/4 tsp. dark pepper

Directions

1. Drain clams, reserving the juice.

2. Chop bacon; laid inwards a large saucepan over medium-low oestrus until crisp. Drain on a newspaper towel together with laid aside.

3. Add olive stone oil to the same pan, together with thence add together onion together with garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is translucent, nearly 8-10 minutes. Add flour together with laid together with stir nearly 1 minute, coating onions amongst the flour. Add chopped greens together with laid nearly ii minutes.

4. Stir inwards chicken broth together with reserved clam juice. Bring to a simmer over medium oestrus together with laid for nearly 10 minutes.

5. Stir inwards milk or half-and-half together with oestrus through. Stir inwards dark pepper, clams, together with turkey bacon; laid for 1-2 minutes more.

Note: I unremarkably role a combination of turnip greens together with mustard greens.

Enjoy!