Saturday morning Andrew took Robert and Thomas back to our old town for some scout activities. It was a chilly, dreary morning, and I had just purchased a 5 lb bag of potatoes at the grocery earlier in the week. I decided I was going to make potato soup. I began scouring the internet and found that while I had would generally have many of the ingredients, I often was missing one or two (cream of cheddar soup, or evaporated milk, something like that). I finally found a recipe that required only ingredients I actually had here at the house and got to work.
You may be astounded by this, but I had never peeled five pounds of potatoes before, and had I not desperately wanted potato soup that would still be a true statement. The kitchen is just not where my calling is! And then I had to chop all those peeled potatoes...ugh! I know, I'm pathetic. Anyway, after that was done it was just a matter of chopping a little bit of onion, adding cream of chicken soup and chicken broth, and cooking on high for 4-5 hours.
Andrew fried bacon to crispy perfection so that we could top the soup with bacon crumbles, and we also grated cheese. Overall, it was a really easy recipe (in spite of my complaining) and there are so many easy variations that could be made depending on taste. Thomas was less than thrilled although he did eat some, and everyone else was very pleased with a warm, cozy dinner on Saturday evening while we watched Notre Dame beat Air Force. :)
The recipe indicated that this soup was even better reheated. I so agree! We had leftover last evening, along with leftovers of a project Robert had made for French class (I have no idea what it's called, but Thomas LOVED it). It was a great dinner, again!
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