For dinner tonight

This is what my family and I will be having for dinner. Slow cookers are great for meals to prepare ahead of time.

Potato and Canadian Bacon Slow Cooker Chowder

POINTS® Value | 2 Servings | 8 Preparation Time | 25 min Cooking Time | 360 min Level of Difficulty | Easy soups | This rich and chunky chowder is the next-best thing to being wrapped in a warm quilt. Canadian bacon makes all the difference.

Ingredients

2 cup potato(es), cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 large carrot(s), diced
1 cup leek(s), chopped, white part only
1 medium garlic clove(s), minced
4 cup fat-free chicken broth
1/2 cup uncooked barley, pearl
1 piece bay leaf
1/4 tsp dried thyme, crushed
1/4 tsp black pepper
4 oz cooked Canadian-style bacon, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
1/2 cup fat-free evaporated milk
2 fl oz fat-free creamer, such as fat-free half-and-half

Instructions

1. In a slow cooker, combine potatoes, carrots, leek, garlic, chicken broth, barley, bay leaf, thyme, pepper and Canadian bacon. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or until vegetables and barley are tender.
   
   
2. Stir in evaporated milk and half-and-half and heat through uncovered, about 10 minutes. Yields about 1 1/4 cups per serving.
   

posted by Snowman @ 7:57 AM