Like many of you I jumped in the pulled ham wagon this month. Early in the month I did a couple and then I did 50 lbs of shank and butts prior to our family Christmas gathering (henceforth known as COVID festival 2021). I served pulled ham wraps with shredded swiss, peppery arugula and Sam’s Club fried dill pickle dip , now dubbed the Heavenly Ham wrap! Seriously you need to try it. I also sent all families home with big vacuum packs of pulled ham. Before freezing some I decided to create a keto chowder. Here is the general recipe / process. Note the recipe will be approximate and unorganized 
Sauté one medium diced onion in a few T butter and set aside. (i used up some pearl onions as well) In a large pot add one large cauliflower cut up with 4 cups chicken broth. Simmer until the cauliflower is tender. While you are doing that do a small dice on a couple medium turnips and boil till semi soft. Back to the large pot add 8 oz cream cheese and 8 oz heavy cream. Stir until the cheese mostly melts and then hit it with an immersion blender until you have a creamy smooth base. Salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder to taste. I may have done a t of each. Add in the turnips, about 3 -4 cups leftover shredded ham cut to bite size. You could just use cubed ham. Simmer a bit to meld flavors. Very hard to tell its not a potato ham chowder. I shared this recipe with
BrianGSDTexoma
and I believe he added celery as well. For those of you who like celery it’s a perfect addition. As I alluded to early in the post COVID was gifted to several of us at our gathering. Our gathering was last Thursday and by Sunday myself and two others were wiped out. Feeling markedly improved today finally. Had intended to reshoot this and add OINK for the Throwdown but most has been eaten and I’m not feeling the energy to do much yet lol. Thought I’d go ahead and share for anyone who might have some ham to use up! Give it a go even if you don’t do keto or low carb. I guarantee it will surprise you.
Sauté one medium diced onion in a few T butter and set aside. (i used up some pearl onions as well) In a large pot add one large cauliflower cut up with 4 cups chicken broth. Simmer until the cauliflower is tender. While you are doing that do a small dice on a couple medium turnips and boil till semi soft. Back to the large pot add 8 oz cream cheese and 8 oz heavy cream. Stir until the cheese mostly melts and then hit it with an immersion blender until you have a creamy smooth base. Salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder to taste. I may have done a t of each. Add in the turnips, about 3 -4 cups leftover shredded ham cut to bite size. You could just use cubed ham. Simmer a bit to meld flavors. Very hard to tell its not a potato ham chowder. I shared this recipe with
BrianGSDTexoma
and I believe he added celery as well. For those of you who like celery it’s a perfect addition. As I alluded to early in the post COVID was gifted to several of us at our gathering. Our gathering was last Thursday and by Sunday myself and two others were wiped out. Feeling markedly improved today finally. Had intended to reshoot this and add OINK for the Throwdown but most has been eaten and I’m not feeling the energy to do much yet lol. Thought I’d go ahead and share for anyone who might have some ham to use up! Give it a go even if you don’t do keto or low carb. I guarantee it will surprise you.
