Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 20-25 minutes

Serves: 4-6

Ingredients:

1⁄4 C. butter

1 small onion, chopped

1 C. potatoes, chopped

3 stalk celery, chopped

3 carrots, chopped

2⁄3 C. peas, fresh or frozen

2/3 C. corn, fresh or frozen

3 T. fresh parsley, chopped or 1-1/2 T. if using dry

1⁄4 C. all-purpose flour

2 C. low-salt fish broth or chicken broth

2⁄3 C. half-and-half

Salt and pepper to taste

3 C. cooked seafood, cut into bite-size pieces

1/2 lb. kielbasa, cut into bite-size pieces

What to do:                          

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Melt butter in a skillet over medium-low heat add onion, potato, celery, and carrot to the pan. Cook stirring frequently, until vegetables begin to soften, approximately 5 minutes.  Stir in peas, corn, parsley, and flour, and cook, stirring constantly, until the flour coats the vegetables, about 5 minutes. Whisk in fish broth and half-and-half and cook until the sauce is thick and bubbling, next season to taste with salt and black pepper; mix in the seafood and kielbasa. Serve with homemade biscuits.

Christina’s Notes:

There have been on many occasions that I was pressed for time, by all means use a bag of frozen vegetables. Also, in the frozen seafood section at many local grocery stores, they will have a bag of mixed seafood or you can use all shrimp, whatever you enjoy the most. If you’re using raw seafood cook until seafood is cooked through, about 5 to 10 minutes.