Perfect Potato Soup

I love soup, especially potato soup. I could eat it on a 100 degree day and be just ok with that. I found a recipe from the Pioneer Woman a couple weeks ago that looked super yummy and easy so I decided to try it out on my family tonight. It was pretty cheap for ingredients too. So if you are looking for a good soup recipe on a cold (or even not cold) day try this out. (I didn't top with cheese cause I didn't have any but I'm sure my two would have loved it) I also didn't take out parts and blend it in the blender, I did smash it up with a potato smasher but we like the potato chunks. I also made this in my Ninja cooker which made it a one pot wonder. ;-)

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Perfect Potato Soup
Prep Time:Print RecipeIngredients

• 6 slices Thin Bacon, Cut Into 1-inch Pieces

• 1 whole Medium Onion, Diced

• 3 whole Carrots, Scrubbed Clean And Diced

• 3 stalks Celery, Diced

• 6 whole Small Russet Potatoes, Peeled And Diced

• 8 cups Low Sodium Chicken Or Vegetable Broth

• 3 Tablespoons All-purpose Flour

• 1 cup Milk

• 1/2 cup Heavy Cream

• 1/2 teaspoon Salt, More To Taste

•  Black Pepper To Taste

• 1/2 teaspoon Cajun Spice Mix

• 1 teaspoon Minced Fresh Parsley

• 1 cup Grated Cheese Of Your Choice

Preparation Instructions

 10 Minutes

 

Cook Time:

 20 Minutes

 

Difficulty:

 Easy

 

Servings:

 12

Add bacon pieces to a soup pot over medium heat and cook bacon until crisp and fat is rendered. Remove the bacon from the pot and set it aside. Pour off most of the grease, but do not clean the pot.

Return the hot to medium-high heat and add the onions, carrots, and celery. Stir and cook for 2 minutes or so, then add the diced potatoes. Cook for 5 minutes, seasoning with salt, pepper, and Cajun spice.

Pour in the broth and bring it to a gentle boil. Cook for 10 minutes, or until the potatoes are starting to get tender. Whisk together the flour and the milk, then pour into the soup and allow the soup to cook for another 5 minutes.

Remove half to 2/3 the soup and blend in a blender/food process until completely smooth. Pour it back into the soup pot and stir to combine. Let it heat back up as you taste for seasonings, adding more of what it needs. Stir in cream, then stir in parsley, reserving a little for garnish.

Serve in bowls garnished with parsley, grated cheese and crisp bacon pieces.

Happy New Year!

After being asked by several people to post my recipes that I use for different stuff I'm gonna get this blog back up and running. So as the New Year comes what kind of goals have you set for the New Year regarding food? Are you eating healthier, trying to plan meals out in advance, trying to eat at home more? What sources are you using to help you with your goals?

One thing I have recently gotten to help with my meal preparation in my Ninja 3-in-1 Cooker. I got it as an early Christmas. If you aren't familiar with the Ninja it is a slower cooker, stove top, and oven in one. The oven does steam baking, which means when making things with oil and butter in the recipe you only need to use half the amount of those ingredients. I've used it for a couple of recipes so far with it and have really enjoyed it. I really like the fact that I can use it to cook things like ground beef for a recipe and then turn around and finish using it for the rest of the recipe, I've done spaghetti a couple times so far in it.

So one thing I'm gonna try to do is post a recipe on here, maybe I'll even venture out and set up a Pinterest site to go along with this as well. (I don't have all day to sit and blog so we'll see) So for today I'm gonna post a really easy dip recipe I made last night for the New Years Party we went to last night.

Easy Sausage Dip
1 pd ground sausage
1 block cream cheese
1 can rotelle tomatoes

Cook sausage, drain fat, and add in slow cooker. Add block of cream cheese and can of rotelle. Mix together and cook on low for a couple hours, if you need it quicker you can put it on high just make sure to stir it. Serve with tortilla chips. Super yummy, easy, and cheap!