Crock Pot Potato Leek Corn Chowder | Soup Recipe

Stay on track to achieve your weight management goals with Crock Pot Potato Leek Corn Chowder Soup. If in season, use fresh corn or canned kernel corn to help you  They´re a terrific addition to any meal and a delicious way to achieve better health this year.

Crockpot Potato Leek Corn Chowder

Fresh corn in the summer is our favorite, especially when picked up at our local farmstand!  Butter and Sugar variety starting in July in Connecticut is our corn of choice, and later in the summer Silver Queen is available.

I will buy fresh corn in bulk when on sale, cook it, shave it off the cob, and freeze for the winter.  I will use the leftover cobs to make corn cob broth.

Winters can be especially hard on us here in New England and I've been putting my slow cooker crockpot to good use making crockpot freezer meals, soups, chowders and stews.

With the high cost of produce, I planted container garden vegetables and grew Leeks this summer.  Preparing for winter, I harvested the Leeks which are part of the onion family, and flash froze them.  Then I bagged using my FoodSaver, and froze them to use in skillet meal dishes, soups and stews.

A big part of enjoying healthier eating is buying healthier foods, and that means making smart choices where it matters most – at the supermarket. Choosing the freshest, healthiest foods is an important first step toward making healthy and delicious meals your whole family will love.

Be thrifty and frugal in the kitchen and stretch your food dollars by using leftovers for your family meals.  Chicken can be used in a variety of ways. Mix it with rice to create a chicken casserole dish. Stir fry it with frozen vegetables and pasta. Make chicken salad for a light dinner on a busy night.

Other meats are just as versatile as chicken. Leftover beef roast can be used for stews and soups. Combine with egg noodles and sauce to create beef stroganoff. Slice thin and stir fry with vegetables for beef fajitas.

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Check out my other delicious soup recipes here! You might enjoy our favorite  Butternut Squash Soup recipe

Crockpot Leek, Potato and Corn Soup or Chowder

6 slices bacon, chopped
5 cups shredded frozen hash brown potatoes
3 leeks, white and light green parts only, cut into 3/4 inch dice pieces
1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of potato soup, undiluted
1 can (about 14 ounces) reduced-sodium chicken broth
1 ribs celery, sliced
1 can (4 ounces) evaporated milk
1 package or can of corn, or a few cups of fresh corn from the cob (shaved)
1/2 cup sour cream

Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp and browned. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel-lined plate. (I choose to microwave my bacon rather than saute in skillet)

Set aside 2 Tbl. bacon. Combine remaining bacon, potatoes, leeks, corn, soup, broth, celery and evaporated milk in crock pot slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW 6 to 7 hours. Stir in sour cream and serve, sprinkling each serving with reserved bacon. 

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Butternut Squash Soup | Crockpot Soup Recipes

A bowl of homemade soup is always a prelude to a satisfying meal.  Serve up this easy, delicious Crockpot Butternut Squash Bisque Soup recipe before your next meal, for lunch, or when the kids come home from school.

Butternut Squash Soup 

Comfort Food

I'm not usually one who eats a lot of vegetables, but when one of my friends gifted me with a container of her homemade Butternut Squash Soup I had to give it a try.  I'd never tried it before, and one taste and I was hooked!

Rich and nutty, this creamy soup recipe was a winner.  Add a dollop of sour cream, some parsley for garnish and a few oyster crackers along with slice of homemade dill bread and you'll think you were at a New England ski lodge with a view of the the snowy mountain slopes!

This colorful soup will be a great addition to your Sunday dinner table, or Holiday dinner too!

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Check out my other homemade Sweet Potato soup recipe and Crockpot Potato Leek Soup recipe here.

Crockpot Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

2 Tbl. butter (or olive oil)
1/2 c. chopped onion
3-4 lb. butternut squash, pealed and cubed
2-3 c. water (or chicken stock)
3/4 tsp. dried thyme
1/4 tsp. course ground black pepper
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
4 chicken-flavored bullion cubes
1 (8 oz) package of cream cheese, cubed (or labne)

Melt butter in skilled.  Add onion and saute until translucent, stirring occasionally.
In a 3-1/2 to 4 quart slow cooker, combine the onion along with remaining ingredients except the cream cheese.
Cook on low for about 6 to 8 hours.
Approximately 40 minutes before serving, place about 1/3 of mixture into a food processor or a hand-held immersion blender and puree on high speed until smooth.  Return the puree to the crockpot.
Add the cubed cream cheese and stir until well blended.
Cover and cook on low an additional 25 minutes or until cream cheese is melted, stirring with whisk until smooth.

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Vegetable Garden Goulash Soup

Make several batches of this easy Garden Vegetable Goulash Soup recipe from fresh veggies such as green zucchini, yellow summer squash and corn.

My Nana would even add a few beef shanks and then cut up the meat (for those who prefer some beef in their soup)

U.S. Dietary Guidelines recommend that adults and children alike should eat from 5 to 13 servings of fruits and veggies a day, each serving being at least 1/2 cup.

It's a great soup recipe for anyone trying to add extra veggies if you're on a low carb diet or trying to limit your intake of meat, such as the Mediterranean Diet Way of Eating MDWOE

Store this vegetarian Goulash Soup in freezer containers so you can enjoy when the harvest is over and the leaves start to turn in Autumn.

Other hearty vegetable soup recipes here
Fresh String Bean Soup
Butternut Squash Soup
Traditional Kapusta Soup (Cabbage)
Vegetable Barley Soup

Simple Vegetarian Vegetable Goulash Soup Recipe

This is a hearty, thick vegetarian soup that uses up the veggies the neighbors drop off at the end of the Summer.

Make Goulash Soup a meal and serve with fresh baguette bread and your favorite wine or beverage.

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Vegetable Goulash Soup

2 Green Zucchini, diced
2 Yellow Summer Squash, diced
1 can Corn, or remove kernals from fresh corn on the cob
2 small Broccoli florets, diced
1 small Onion, chopped
1 Green pepper, diced
1 tsp. Garlic, or 4 cloves minced
1/2 pkg. bacon, friend and cut small
3 c. chicken broth
3 c. tomato juice
1 small can Del Monte stewed or diced tomatoes
1 small can green beans, or fresh green beans
1 small can yellow beans, or fresh beans
salt and pepper to taste

Place all the above in a large soup pot and simmer 2 hours.

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Easy Turkey Soup Recipe | How To Make Turkey Soup

When Thanksgiving is over, what to do with all that leftover turkey?  Here's an easy turkey soup recipes using can chicken stock. Of course you can substitute chicken to make chicken soup.

You've spent all day in the kitchen cooking the bird and preparing for Thanksgiving, now whip up this cheater version of turkey soup in about 30 minutes!

Whether this is your first time making turkey soup, or you're a seasoned cook, even grandmom takes kitchen shortcuts sometimes!

A roasting chicken will also work with this recipe.  I buy roasters on sale, and use my crockpot.  Then I de-bone it, and place into freezer bags.

This satisfying comfort food soup also goes nicely with a slice of my homemade Dill Bread.

How To Make Turkey Soup

The family can enjoy easy homemade turkey soup for lunch or make this easy turkey soup starter as a side along with turkey sandwiches for dinner and serve with the leftover turkey sides and fixins' !

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TURKEY SOUP RECIPE 

1-2 cups leftover turkey, torn apart.  Use both white and dark meat

2 (32 oz) box or can chicken stock (or use 1 chicken bouillon cube per 1 cup of hot water)

1 onion, diced

2 celery stalks, diced

1 carrot, diced

salt, to taste

pepper, to taste

1 c. cooked rice or 1 c. Elbow macaroni or Ditalini pasta  (cooked separately)

In a sauce pan, bring to boil.  Reduce heat and simmer for about 30 minutes.

Add rice or soup pasta as desired.

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Garden Vegetable Soup | Homemade Vegetable Soup Recipe | Minestrone Soup

This Fresh Garden Vegetable Minestrone Soup recipe is a great way to use up those extra summer vegetables you have growing in your garden.

Summer Homemade Vegetable Soup

You can add any of your favorite garden vegetables to this recipe or remove any of your less favorites.  You can also add brown beef chunks to this recipe for a hearty dinner soup. This vegetable soup is Mediterranean Diet friendly!

Collect and pick up some fresh garden vegetables from your local roadside farm stands!

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Garden Vegetable Summertime Soup

4 tomatoes, chopped
2 potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 c.  fresh green beans cut in half
2 small , cubed
1 yellow summer squash, cubed
4 carrots, sliced thin
2 celery ribs, sliced thin
1 c.  eggplant, peeled and cubed
1 c.  fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp parsley flakes
1 tbsp garlic and herb seasoning
4 c. of vegetable or tomato juice

Place all the vegetables into a 5 quart crockpot and stir to combine.
Sprinkle the parsley and garlic and herb seasoning over the vegetables.
Pour the vegetable juice into the crock pot and gently stir to combine.
Cover and cook on low 8 hours or until all the vegetables are fork tender.

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