My first recipe post!

This is the first post of quite a few where I will either type out or type out and translate a recipe that we have made during our cooking adventures!  I'm starting with the one that we just made last night, because its pretty simple, and really delicious, and does not require me to translate anything. So without any more blabbering, here is the recipe for chili corn chowder:

ingredients:
14 oz frozen sweet corn
1 medium potato
5 cups or vegetable broth
1 large onion
2 sticks of celery
1 red chili pepper
A sprinkle of thyme
1 pat of butter
2 oz of cheddar cheese
a dollop of sour cream for each bowl that you plan to have.
olive oil
salt
black pepper



And now on to how to make it:

1. put the vegetable broth in a medium pot, and simmer over medium heat.

2. Peel and roughly chop the onion. Trim and roughly chop the sticks of celery, and then halve the chili pepper lengthwise, and take out the seeds. Finely chop the chili pepper.

3. Put the pat of butter and a drizzle of olive oil into a large deep pan set to low / medium heat.

4. Add all the chopped vegetables to the large pan with a splash of water. Stir then cover with a lid, and let cook gently for 10 mins, or until the vegetables start to soften.

5. Peel the potato, then roughly grate it. Add it to the pot of simmering broth.

6. When the vegetables in the pan have started to get soft, add the corn in. cook for another 2 to 3 mins.

7. Carefully pour the vegetables into the broth pan, and bring it to a boil.

8. Simmer for 5 mins, then take the pan off the heat.

9. Pulse the chowder a few times with a hand blender so that its still quite thick and chunky.

10. Season with a punch of salt and pepper.

11. Spoon a dollop of sour cream into each bowl that you dish out, and then sprinkle with grated cheddar cheese.

Thats it! You're done! You now have a delicious dinner for at least four people.. This amount of ingredients listed made enough for us to have 8 total bowls of chowder.

I hope you get the chance to try this meal, We've found that while it is a bit time consuming, it is definitely worth it.  I'll be posting more recipes as I get the chance. I am working on translating them, not only do I have to translate some from Swedish, I have to translate them to U.S units, as opposed to metric units.