Slow Cooker Corn Chowder {with Bacon + Potatoes}

Wintertime means Soup time.

We haven't had much of a winter this year here in California.
It has been in the high 60's & 70's since Christmas and we are in a drought.
But, yesterday it rained!
And, it is going to rain for the next few days, so I made a big batch of this soup.
I love it & I think you will too!

Here is what you need:

•  1 bag of frozen corn
•  1 can of creamed corn
• 1-2 carrots
• 1-2 celery stalks
• 1 jalepeno
• 1 red pepper
• 3 red potatoes
• 1/2 diced onion 
• 3 cups milk (I use non fat or low fat)
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• Salt & Pepper to taste
• Hormel Real Bacon Pieces

This soup is super simple to make because all you do is dice up your veggies & then put almost all the ingredients in your Slow Cooker!

Dice all your Red Pepper:

 Celery:

 Carrots:

 Jalapeno:

 Potatoes:

 Dump all that in your crock pot:

All those veggies are so pretty!

Then, I dump in my bag of frozen corn and can of cream corn

Add your 3 cups of milk along with Salt & Pepper to taste.

Then, stir it all together.

Cook in your crock pot on low for 5-6 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.

Right before you are about to serve it, turn off your crock pot, remove the lid and stir in 2 cups of Cheddar Cheese (you don't want the cheese to boil/overcook, that is why I put it in at the end.) Save a some extra cheese for you to use when you garnish each bowl of soup.

When you are ready to serve, sprinkle on some cheese on top & then add a good heaping of Hormel Real Bacon Pieces.

 Seriously. SO good. 

(Sometimes I even add additional bacon pieces to the crock pot about 30 min before I am serving the soup. It adds a really nice flavor to this soup!)

This is definitely a healthier & lighter Corn Chowder soup.

Delicious & Easy to Make!

SO, SO, SO good!
Enjoy!

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activities, the thoughts and statements in this post are my own.