Soups

Potato Soup  

Ingredients:

32 oz of chicken broth
2 to 3 pounds of potatoes, scrubbed, peeled and diced
1 onion chopped
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
2 tablespoons of butter
2 tablespoons of flour
4 oz of cream cheese
½ teaspoon of salt or in my case to taste
½ teaspoon of pepper same thing here to taste
Thyme
Bacon bits

Instructions:

In medium pot add cubed potatoes, chicken broth.
Cook Potatoes in broth over medium heat for about 12 to 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender when stuck with a fork.
In a large skillet over medium heat melt butter, add onions, garlic, and sauté until the onions are translucent.
Sprinkle flour over the butter mixture , cook for a minute or two. The butter and flour mixture should become thick.
Add the butter mixture to the potatoes and stir until soup mixture is well blended.
Add the cream cheese and stir until it has melted. Add the salt, black pepper and thyme and bacon bits.
Serve Hot

Potato Soup with fried bacon  

Ingredients:

32 oz of chicken broth
2 1/2 to 3 pounds of potatoes, scrubbed, peeled and diced
1 onion chopped
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
2 tablespoons of flour
4 0z. Cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon of salt or salt to taste
1/2 teaspoon pepper or pepper to taste
Thyme ( a dash or two) to taste
Bacon (fried)

Instructions:

In medium pot add cubed potatoes, chicken broth.
Cook Potatoes in broth over medium heat for about 12 to 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender when stuck with a fork.
In a large skillet, cook bacon until crispy but not burnt, remove the bacon and drain on paper towel.
Sauté chopped onions and minced garlic until the onions are translucent.
Sprinkle flour over the onion and garlic, cook for a minute or two. The flour mixture should be thick.
Add the onion and garlic mixture to the soup mixture, stir until well blended.
Cut cream cheese up into blocks and add to the soup mixture. Stir until it is melted.
Add the salt and pepper and thyme. Stir until well blended.
Crumble bacon up into the potato soup.
Serve Hot

For those cold days when ya need to warm your bones.

So put on your fluffy socks and grab ya bowl