Chowder is a vegetable or seafood stew usually eaten with saltine crackers. Chowder is usually cooked with milk or cream and thickened with broken up crackers, but some recipes are traditionally thickened with mashed potatoes, ground rice or cornstarch.
Here is a delicious vegetable chowder that is easy to prepare:
VEGETABLE CHOWDER
2 tbsp. oil
1 c diced celery
1 c diced carrots
1 small onion, grated
1 ½ c cooked or canned corn
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