This is a simple recipe from a blogger I tried and it was very tasty for boxed pototoes! It’s a slow cooker recipe…
Potato and Ham Chowder
1 pkg. of boxed scalloped potatoes (any variety you prefer)
1 cup diced ham
2 stalk of diced celery
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 cups half & half
1/3 cup flour
5 cups chicken broth
1 diced onion (any size you like)
Mix potatoes, sauce mix, ham, broth, celery, onion & pepper in crock pot. Cover and cook on low heat for 7 hours.
Mix half & half with the flour, gradually stir flour mixture into chowder until blended. Cover and cook on low for one more hour stirring occasionally until thick. For a less thick soup, use regular milk instead of half & half. Garnish with chopped green onion, shredded cheese, or sour cream if desired.
Very thick and yummy soup. Since I served it up on blue dishes I thought this would be a perfect choice for Blue Monday. I bought these blue dishes from Target on a super clearance. They were from their Christmas collection a couple years ago.
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The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
It looks marvelous in blue! Will have to try this recipe.
Love it! That’s a creative way to celebrate Blue Monday! And, it sounds so yummy!
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That looks so delicious. I will try this recipe for sure. Just love your blue bowl.
What a perfect dish to start the week! You might be looking for some easy to make dishes this week, if you do, do drop by at http://www.foodista.com, Im just learning to cook and I found really great recipe’s there 🙂
That looks yummy, yummy!
I could easily covet your blue bowl…but I will slap my hand and resist. 😀
Hi there
Oh I love recipes like that. I like to mix box with other ingredients…it makes them sooo different and yummy. I am going to definately have to try that one. It looks so good I could have some right now, its lunch time!
Thank you and have a lovely day
Judi
The Chowder sounds really YUMMY!! And the blue bowl is awesome. Make it look even more YUMMY! Take Care!!
Sherrie
That looks delicous! Pretty blue dishes too. Happy Blue Monday! I think I am going to have to make that recipe!
Mmmmm – yummy, yummy! The blue dishes look great! 🙂 One can never go wrong with blue…
What beautiful blue dishes. I like that shade of blue very much. THat is a yummy looking recipe…and it looks so easy!
Happy Blue Monday.
take care,
Dawn
Those blue dishes are so pretty — love that shade.
Thanks for sharing, Ellen (and Connie). It’s a perfect and easy recipe for a widower liked me and is obviously hearty enough to warm my belly on the cold Winter months ahead here in the Panhandle of Idaho.
I was blue ’til I found your Blue Monday post.
Bless you,
Bob
My goodness that looks so good! And even better in that beautiful dish!
Lovely blue plate and bowl! The chowder looks yummy too!
Kady
I could look at pictures of food all day long. That chowder looks good and the dishes are really pretty.
I must say, you make my simple chowder recipe look simply fabulous!! 🙂
I’ve been on the go so much this past month that I’m just now catching up with many of my favorite blogs–your’s is one of them!!!
So, thanks for passing along my recipe and for ‘dressing it up’ so nicely–love the blue dishes!!! 🙂 Blessings! (P.S. I’ve been craving Borsch lately!!!) 🙂