My Little Helper + Slow Cooker {Chicken Corn Chowder}

Posted: March 3, 2013

Honestly, I don't remember ever spending much time in the kitchen growing up. Or grabbing a stepladder or chair to get closer to the action. Maybe because of this, or maybe just because... I always hated cooking. For my entire 20s, and into my 30s: Hated it.  And then something happened -- I realized I liked being creative in the kitchen. It wasn't the cooking itself I hated, it was following recipes.  I was being held back by the list of ingredients on the page. I wasn't able to be myself. And I wasn't able to enjoy it.  I've been so blessed to be able to have this blog as an outlet for my creativity, not only with the recipes but also with the photography.  THANK YOU for taking the time to read my words, share my life, and cook my creations!  I now want to share this love and this passion with Babycakes too so that she has a wonderful experience with food and the kitchen in general.

She is my little helper.

She constantly wants to help now, with anything and everything I'm doing...and I am having to choose to allow opportunities for messes, fails, falls, tardiness and just overall chaos in the name of fostering her curiousity, her desire, and her own creativity.  All within reason folks: no knives, hot stoves, or dangerous liquids for my little miss. But, stirring, transporting, washing or mixing, you betcha!!  Here she is transporting the cubed sweet potatoes into the slow cooker:

So, without further ado...

Introducing Slow Cooker Chicken Corn Chowder:

Packed with sweet potatoes, carrots, corn, and tomatoes, this soup is just as healthy as it is hearty.

This really was one of my favorite slow cooker soups, coming in a close second to the Zuppa Toscana. :)  The good thing about winter in Colorado is that there's plenty of days where warm soup sounds amazing!

{Chicken Corn Chowder}

Description

Chicken Corn Chowder // @noshandnourish

Ingredients

1 pound
Chicken (cooked and shredded)
1  
Sweet Potato (cubed)
2 cups
Frozen Corn
6 ounces
Chobani Plain Greek Yogurt
2  
Carrots (sliced into thin rounds)
13 ounces
Diced Tomatoes
2 tablespoons
Nutritional Yeast
2 tablespoons
Cornstarch
32 ounces
Chicken broth
1 cup
Cheddar Cheese
1 tablespoon
Montreal Steak Seasoning (or your favorite chicken seasoning)
1 teaspoon
Salt (optional)

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker.
  2. Cook 4 - 6 hours on high.
  3. Serve with provolone toast (optional).

Yields 6 Servings

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Comments

Submitted by corrie anne - March 4, 2013 - 9:24am

That's awesome that she helps you cook -- it helps to learn not to be intimidated by cooking early in life. My mom is definitely responsible for my carefree cooking style - haha. She always made homemade bread, and we loved helping her!

Submitted by JoAnna @ JoAnna Thinks - March 4, 2013 - 3:17pm

My mom is a fantastic cook and so many of her dishes feel like they are part of my identity- part of my childhood, my comfort, my warm memories of growing up. I do remember helping her to cook a little here and there but nothing major and as an adult (now 27) I am reallllllly NOT into cooking, but I want to be. This blog gives me hope that I can be a cook convert, haha. Because although I don't have any kids yet, I realized how awesome it is to have a mom (hey, or dad) who cooks up such wonderful things, and I'd like to pass that on. I was sick recently and my mom came over with a big container of homemade soup. It still makes me feel better :).

Submitted by Wendy - March 4, 2013 - 6:15pm

I do not recall this in earlier recipes good for your expanding your repertoire I just happen to have this in my freezer waiting for something yummy to do with it, and that is so great she wants to cook, I used to watch (and at the time hated except for JULIA) cooking shows with my mom, but I was cooking by myself when I was eleven and preparing full course dinners at 16 so I have her and the chefs of the 70's tho thank, and I still love cooking shows to this day.

Submitted by kelly - April 9, 2013 - 9:42am

Hi Wendy- Sorry for the delayed response... I have a few recipes with nooch - the first was the cauliflower pizza crust. If you do a search in the top right of the blog for "yeast"... you'll see all the other recipes that call for it.
Submitted by Julie - March 10, 2013 - 7:35pm

Just made this with a few tweaks. I used less corn so it's not much of a corn chowder anymore but a jumble of whatever veggies I had left in the fridge. It's delicious and I have so many servings. I added random spices and it's slightly spicy! P.S. This is my first soup ever. Love it!

Submitted by kelly - April 9, 2013 - 9:39am

I'm glad I could help you make your first ever soup :) I have a few other wonderful ones you could try!!! 1) Tuscan Tortellini, 2) Zuppa Toscana, and 3) Pork & Beans.... yum.
Submitted by Teresa Cunha - March 18, 2013 - 7:05pm

Totally in love with your blog! I find it very inspiring. I'd love to give this recipe a try, however I have no idea what nutritional yeast is. Is there something else I could use in place of it?

Submitted by kelly - April 9, 2013 - 9:38am

You could substitute parmesan cheese (like Anne did below). Nutritional yeast is sold in the protein powder section of a natural grocery store. I had to ask where to find it.
Submitted by Anne Timchula - April 7, 2013 - 10:33pm

Made this on a chilly day last week (when will spring come??) and my entire family LOVED it! Only change I made was to use parm instead of the nutritional yeast (since I was out!). I even meant to halve the recipe, but was so glad that I forgot as soon as I took my first taste. Thanks!!

Submitted by kelly - April 9, 2013 - 9:37am

I'm so glad you liked it :) Thanks for leaving the comment/feedback!

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