Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Cooking up the harvest. , 1 by ladygardener1

ladygardener1 wrote:
Share your fall warming recipes, soups, stews, apple pies.

Here is my Pumpkin Chowder a must have every fall, I bought 2 pie pumpkins for $1. from an Amish girl in Holmes County at home they are selling for 99 cents each. I saved the seeds too.

Hearty Pumpkin Chowder

Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup onion, diced
1 cup celery, chopped
4 cups pumpkin, peeled and cut in 1 inch chunks
2 tablespoons peeled fresh ginger
2 tablespoons chopped garlic
3 cups chicken broth
1 cup diced peeled potato
1 1/2 cups lima beans, frozen
1 cup corn kernel
1 small red bell pepper, diced
1 cup ham, chunks bite sized
4 cups milk
1/2 cup flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions
1 Saute onion, celery, pumpkin, ginger and garlic in butter 5 minutes over medium heat.
2 Stir in broth, potatoes, lima beans, corn and bell pepper.
3 Boil then cover and simmer 15 minutes.
4 Add ham.
5 Whisk milk, flour, salt and nutmeg in a medium bowl.
6 Stir milk mixture into pot and bring to boil.
7 Stir a few minutes until thickened.