Low-fat Chowder With Corn, Sausage, And Mushrooms

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• cooking spray
• 1 lb turkey sausage, broken into bite-sized pieces
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 (12 ounce) cans fat-free evaporated milk
• 3 -4 cups corn kernels (from 3-4 cooked ears)
• salt and pepper (to taste)

Recipe

• 1 spray a 2-and-1/2 quart pot with cooking spray and heat over medium heat.
• 2 sauté the sausage until browned.
• 3 remove the sausage, pour off all but 2 tsp fat (or add a little oil if necessary) and sauté onions until translucent.
• 4 add mushrooms and sauté until just starting to change color.
• 5 add flour slowly to onions and mushrooms while stirring, until well mixed and flour starts to smell cooked (do not burn).
• 6 while continuing to stir, slowly add fat-free evaporated milk so it blends with the flour. if the liquid becomes too thick, stir in a little more skim milk.
• 7 bring almost to a boil, stir in the corn, salt, and pepper, and heat through. serve immediately.
• 8 served as a main course, crusty bread and a green salad with fresh tomatoes are perfect accompaniments.