Low fat healthy clam chowder
Low fat healthy clam chowder

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, low fat healthy clam chowder. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Low fat healthy clam chowder is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Low fat healthy clam chowder is something that I have loved my whole life.

Recipe courtesy of Food Network Kitchen. Categories: Chowder Clam Recipes Shellfish Recipes Low-Fat Gluten Free. Recipe for Low Fat Clam Chowder. Nutritional information, Weight Watcher points and photograph included.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have low fat healthy clam chowder using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Low fat healthy clam chowder:
  1. Take 1 can chopped clams (approximately 6.5 ounces)
  2. Take 1 parsnip
  3. Make ready 1 medium potato or 2 small potatoes
  4. Make ready 1 small carrot
  5. Get 1/2 stalk celery
  6. Take 1/2 bell pepper
  7. Take 1/4 teaspoon salt
  8. Get 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  9. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
  10. Take 1/2 a bay leaf
  11. Take 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
  12. Get 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
  13. Prepare .25 cups unsweetened soy milk or nonfat milk
  14. Prepare Fresh curly parsley to garnish
  15. Make ready Sourdough bread

This lighter Clam Chowder, full of canned clams, potatoes, and corn, is still creamy but with less fat than most other versions. This thick and creamy chowder is lighter and healthier than most traditional clam chowders. For some other chowder recipes, try my Creamy Roasted Cauliflower. The classic clam chowder recipe got reinvented, but it still maintains all that bacon and its creamy taste without, well, all that extra cream.

Steps to make Low fat healthy clam chowder:
  1. Wash, peel and chop the parsnip. Place in a pot with water and boil until soft.
  2. Purée the parsnips with an immersion blender and pour back into the pan.
  3. Wash, peel and chop the carrots. Wash and chop the potatoes. Add to the pan along with salt, herbs and spices. Open and drain liquid from clams into a bowl. Add to pot.
  4. Turn stove on medium low and simmer for about 5 minutes until the carrots and potatoes are a little soft. Stir frequently.
  5. When the carrots and potatoes are about half cooked, add chopped celery and peppers. Cook until all veggies are soft. Remove pan from heat and add soy milk and clams.
  6. Remove bay leaf. Garnish with chopped fresh parsley, serve with crusty sourdough bread and enjoy.

For some other chowder recipes, try my Creamy Roasted Cauliflower. The classic clam chowder recipe got reinvented, but it still maintains all that bacon and its creamy taste without, well, all that extra cream. In this healthy clam chowder recipe, traditional heavy cream is replaced with milk and flour-thickened clam juice and we keep sodium amounts reasonable with lower-sodium clam juice instead of higher-sodium broths. The clam chowder originated from the Eastern United States. The famous New England chowder was brought to the region by the British, Scotian and It's crucial to note that it's a healthy combination that is free of cholesterol and low in fat.

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