Soup Sunday- Shrimp Chowder

I eat soup for lunch at work every day.  I like to try new recipes to keep things interesting.  If I like what I have in my lunch, I am less tempted to eat from the vending machines, go out to lunch or eat from the food vendors that come in twice a week.   The soups I pack are much healthier than any restaurant food.   I am doing something a little different this week. I haven't made a chowder for quite a while. This one features shrimp instead of the usual fish.


Shrimp Chowder

2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoons minced garlic
1 small white onion coarsely chopped
2 stalks celery chopped
2 small Yukon gold potatoes, cut into bite sized chunks
4 cups chicken bone broth
2 bottles (8 ounce) clam juice
2 cups corn kernels
1 tablespoons Fisherman's Wharf seasoning
10 ounces shelled and peeled shrimp cut into bite sized pieces
1 cup 2 % milk
2 medium tomatoes chopped


Melt the butter in the bottom of a 6 quart Dutch oven.  Add the onion and garlic. Cook until soft.  Add the celery, broth, clam juice, seasoning and potatoes.  Cook for 20 minutes until the potatoes are very soft.

Remove the mixture from the heat.  Let it cool for a few minutes. Blend with a hand blender until smooth. Return to the heat and add the corn and cook for 5 minutes.  Add the milk and shrimp.  Cook for about 5 minutes until the shrimp is pink. While this is cooking, seed and finely chop the tomatoes.

Use the tomatoes to top each bowl of chowder. Serves 4.


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Chris Wodke

Founder & Manager Team CMT

www.run4cmt.com

Chris is a triathlete and long distance runner. She is a three time participant of the Boston Marathon.  In 2012 she finished 2nd at Boston in the Mobility Impaired Division. She was on the course in 2013 when the bombs exploded.

She has appeared three times at the Paratriathlon National Triathlon Sprint Championship. She was the 2012 and 2014 National Champion Paratriathlon Open Division Champion.

In 2014 she was the PC Open Champion at the Duathlon National Championship and at the Aqua bike National Championship in 2016. She represented Team USA at the Aquathon ITU World Championship in Chicago in 2015i, Cozumel in 2016 and Denmark in 2018. In 2018 finishing 5^th in the 60 to 64 age group.

 In 2014 she represented the U.S. as a paratriathlete at the Pan-American Triathlon Championship in Dallas, Texas.  She has won state championships in cycling and triathlon as a senior Olympian. In 2017 she placed 2^nd in her age group at the Winter Triathlon National Championship, earning a spot on Team USA for the World Championship.

She travels around the country raising awareness of CMT.

She is the author of the book, “Running for My Life” that details her experience as a CMT affected athlete and the book “Soup Sundays, A Journey Toward Healthy Eating”.

http://www.henschelhausbooks.com/catalog/memoir-biography/215-running-for-my-life-winning-for-cmt-9781595982827.html

You may visit her author page at:
http://www.amazon.com/Christine-Wodke/e/B00IJ02HX6

Team CMT is a group of athletes and supporters working to raise awareness and to find a cure for CMTWe currently have 233 athletes in 41 states. We also have members in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Vietnam, Iran, Scotland, France, Turkey, Poland, Norway, Mexico, Wales, Ireland and Sweden!. If you wish to join us visit our web site; www.run4cmt.com or www.hnf-cure.org

CMT or Charcot-Marie-Tooth is the most commonly inherited peripheral neuropathy. It affects over 155,000 Americans (as many as MS).  It is a disease of the nerves that control the muscles. It is slowly progressive, causing loss of normal function and or sensation in the lower legs/feet and arms/hands.

Symptoms include; muscle wasting in the lower legs and feet leading to foot drop, poor balance and gait problems Atrophy in the hands causes difficulty with manual dexterity.

Structural foot deformities such as high arches and hammer toes are common.

Poor tolerance for cool or cold temperatures and many people have chronically cold hands and feet.

Additional symptoms may include fatigue, sleep apnea, breathing difficulties and hearing loss.

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