Tomato Clam Soup/Sauce

PALEO/GLUTEN FREE/COCONUT OIL/DAIRY FREE

HAPPY ACCIDENT! This was an awesome discovery just this week. I had a bag of frozen chopped clams that I only needed half of for a recipe I’ll post later. Unfortunately, at the time, the clams were all stuck together so I had to thaw it all out together. This meant having to make another clam dish within a couple of days or the rest of the thawed clams would go bad. I was looking for a good recipe, and thought I might try out a dairy free clam chowder, but didn’t have any potatoes. Finally I found a pasta sauce that looked promising, but instead of following the recipe I winged it and here’s what I came up with.

Ingredients

- 1 cup chopped oysters

- 2 15oz cans of tomato sauce (I used an organic brand from Costco.)

- 1 15oz can of crushed stewed tomatoes (Again another organic brand from Costco. I used full stewed tomatoes and chopped them, but crushed will be easier for next time)

- 4 garlic cloves, minced (I just got an awesome garlic press from Pampered Chef and it is the best one I’ve found so far. Ones I’ve tried before have always broken or never pressed the garlic well.)

- 2 tbs dried parsley

- 1 bay leaf

- salt and pepper to taste

Recipe

1. Add all ingredients into a medium pot.
2. Bring to boil and then let cook on medium heat for 10 minutes.
3. Serve by itself or over pasta.

Original Recipe – This one’s all mine. J