last night's dinner -- fish chowdah!
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
San Jose, California
February 12, 2018 10:10pm CST
Tonight's dinner is a bit more organized, but last night's meal was an exercise in creativity in using up the odds and ends in the fridge. I had a partial bag of tilapia fillets, a few Yukon Gold potatoes, a few red potatoes, and some heavily wilted carrots and celery.
I sauteed the veggies with some bacon, threw in a bag of frozen corn, then simmered everything with the fish and potatoes until soft, and added some salt, pepper, and half & half.
Ta-da! Fish chowder!
I served it with some pickles, coleslaw, cottage cheese (there wasn't a lot of the tilapia and I wanted to make sure there was enough protein), and a fruit salad that I made from mandarin oranges and frozen pineapple.
Tonight was our early Valentine's Day dinner, but I'll post about that another time.
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
13 Feb 18
That sounds good. I always get my chowder from a can! 
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
13 Feb 18
I don't make it often, but this was easier than I expected.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
13 Feb 18
@spiderdust - it seems like it was a good meal.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
13 Feb 18
It was great! I had another bowl of it for lunch.
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
13 Feb 18
sounds good - never tried chowder as it isn't common in the UK
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
13 Feb 18
@spiderdust cool, never seen it on sale here
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
13 Feb 18
Interesting, since it came to the Americas by way of England and France.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
13 Feb 18
@arthurchappell The term "chowder" might have American origins, but it's just a kind of fish stew.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
13 Feb 18
My youngest daughter will be away for a few days on a school trip and will miss Valentine's Day with us, so we did our "fancy dinner" on Monday.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
13 Feb 18
@spiderdust We are only the two of us, tomorrow we are going to have a special dinner for the Valentine's Day, Friday a special Chinese dinner for the Chinese New Year and the 24th it's my birthday... may be we are going out.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68159)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
13 Feb 18
I've never done it with tilapia. I make it wirh salmon
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
14 Feb 18
@thislittlepennyearns My sister has an InstaPot that she got for Christmas. I'll ask her which of our mom's soup recipes work well with it.
I know you could definitely make chili in it, and even start with dry beans!
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
14 Feb 18
It would be awesome with salmon! I was trying to use up the tilapia though. I didn't have enough fillets to bread and I've fry for dinner, and the chowder helped stretch it.
@thislittlepennyearns (68159)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Feb 18
@spiderdust I bet it turned out great! The salmon did turn out well. I need to find some more soup or chowder recipes since I was told that I'm getting a Instant Pot for my birthday since I didn't get it for Christmas.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
14 Feb 18
I finished the last of it for my breakfast this morning
@AKRao24 (27422)
• India
13 Feb 18
Sounds great...with all such nice ingredients I am sure the dish must have turned out to be too yummy...no? Nice to know that you had a nice dish for your dinner dear @spiderdust ! Thanks!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 Feb 18
it looks so yummy. i bet it tastes delicious.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 Feb 18
@spiderdust as long as the meals are kept in the fridge, i think they will still taste good.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
20 Feb 18
@ridingbet Probably, but they're all eaten up now! 
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
17 Feb 18
It was really good. I finished off the leftovers within a couple of days for my breakfasts.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
13 Feb 18
Yeah, I found a huge Costco sized bag of it in the freezer, underneath one of the loss leader turkeys I bought at Thanksgiving.
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