Oyster and Clam Chowder

This dish was created to provide you with a great tasting and easy way to boost your body with an abundance of zinc. Eat this once a week and you will have no worries about getting this important mineral in your diet.
Prep and Cook Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients:
1 medium onion, chopped
4 medium cloves garlic, chopped
3 medium stalks celery, diced 1/4 inch pieces
2 cups + 1 TBS chicken or vegetable broth
1 cup tomato sauce
10oz jar of shucked fresh oysters, drained and rinsed, (if you can get small ones it is best)
10oz can of whole clams, drained and rinsed, (if available, use fresh clams and steam open in soup
1 TBS dried Italian herbs
2 TBS fresh chopped parsley
salt & pepper to taste

Directions:
Prepare onion, garlic, and celery. Heat 1 TBS broth in medium soup pot. Healthy Sauté onion, garlic, and celery in broth over medium heat for about 5 minutes stirring often.
Add rest of broth, tomato sauce and Italian herbs. Simmer for another 25 minutes.
Drain and rinse both oysters and clams. If oysters are big add to chowder about 2 minutes before canned clams. Heat for another 5 minutes. *If you are using fresh clams in the shell add a couple minutes before oysters to give them a little extra time to open. If you are using canned clams you may want to wait until soup is almost done to add, so they just heat through. Season with salt and pepper to taste and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Serves 4
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