Clam Chowder

• 1 medium onion
  
• 3 stalks celery
• 3 Tblsp. melted butter
  
• 2 cans clams with liquid
• 3 cups water
  
• 3 tsp. chicken bouillion
• 1 cup clam juice
  
• 3 med. potatoes
• 5 Tblsp. melted butter
  
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 cup milk
  
• 1 cup half & half
• dash thyme
  
• dash salt/dash pepper

Directions:

Saute onion and celery in 3 Tblsp. butter until transparent. Add liquid from clams, clam juice, chicken broth and potatoes. Simmer until potatoes are tender. Melt butter in pan, add flour. Mix in milk and half & half until smooth. Add to clam mixture and stir as it thickens. Add clams & seasonings.

(can substitute skimmilk for milk and half &half to lower fat content of recipe)