So apparently winter is not over. I'm more okay with it than a lot of people. I like to believe that this is because I'm flexible and adaptable and a good sport about stuff. In reality it's because I think I might start to cry if I have to start weeding again (those weeds really gave me a butt-kicking last year).
My own sad laziness aside, there's plenty to love about winter. Only this morning, my sweet Emma said, "Mom, the snow is sparkling." As indeed it was. Then there's our wood-burner, which I'm planning to marry if anything happens to Kip. And soup. There's always soup.
We had it with this bread and garnished it with a bit of cheese.
Creamy Potato Soup
adapted from Rose Bakes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 1 hour
Serves: a lot of people. I usually halve it, but as is, it should serve 12-16 people
Cost: $7.00 (or about $.50/serving)
potatoes: 3.00, broth: 1.00 (this is for cubes or granules), onion: .05, cream cheese: 2.00, whipping cream: 1.00
10-12 C chicken broth
6 lb red potatoes, peeled and diced
1/4 C onion, finely diced
1/2-1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 8-oz blocks of cream cheese
1 C whipping cream
salt and pepper to taste
Heat your broth while peeling and cutting your potatoes and onion (you can also use onion powder if you or a loved one suffer from pieces-of-onion-aversion-intolerance-syndrome). Add salt and pepper to broth. (I'd start with only 1/2 tsp salt and add more later if you need more.)
Throw the potatoes and onion in the broth and let it boil gently until the potatoes are soft.
Mash the potatoes. You can make it smoother or chunkier depending on your preferences (and whether or not you or your loved ones suffer from low-chunky-tolerance-disorder--or LCTD for short--or not).
Add the cream cheese (cut it up if you'd like--it makes it a little easier to incorporate). Stir it into the potatoes until it's smooth and incorporated. Add cream.
Simmer this soup for 20-30 more minutes, stirring occasionally (so it doesn't stick to the bottom of your pot).
Taste and adjust seasonings.
Garnish with cheese, green onions, bacon bits, or whatever you like.
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