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Silly face ham chowder

Have a little fun with your children while teaching them how to cook. This silly face chowder can be fun to make and they will dive right in when it's time to eat. For boys add a few extra shoestring potatoes to create a bread or mustache on their silly face.

Ingredients

2 cn soup (potato with broccoli and cheese soup, 18.5 oz cans)
6 oz ham (cooked ham)
1 c corn (frozen kernels)
1 c potato (shoestring potatoes)
8 olive (small pimento stuffed olives or black olives)
1 tomato (optional, cut into 4 wedges)
2 sli bacon (optional, Canadian bacon, grilled and cut into shape)

Instructions

Pour both cans of soup into a saucepan and place the pan over medium heat.

Stir in the ham and corn and bring the soup to a boil.

Once boiling, turn the heat to low and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Ladle the soup into 4 serving bowls.

Scatter a few shoestring potatoes around the top of the bowl to represent hair.

Place 2 olives under the"hair" to represent the eyes being sure the pimento is facing up.

Add a wedge of tomato or a piece of bacon, as chosen, for the mouth.

Yield
4 servings
Cooking time
10
Preparation time
15
Total time
25 minutes

Notes

The ingredients given to draw the face are just a suggestion. If you are missing one of the ingredients to draw the face, use your imagination to find a replacement.

Whne you are in a hurry, it´s OK to use canned soup to prepare a quick meal or to mkae it easy when you are cooking with your kids.