Potato Cheese Soup

I got this recipe from a friend when we were in Dental School in Cleveland.  They made it for us for dinner and it was sooo delicious.  Friend - I'm sorry I don't remember which one of you it was!  I'd love it if you'd remind me!

I had some baby potatoes that needed to be used, so I tried to think of what I could do with them and remembered this delicious recipe I used to make a lot but haven't made in years.  Instead of the veggies it calls for, I used some chopped broccoli I had in the freezer and another bag of carrots/cauliflower/broccoli mix and I happened to have some celery in the fridge!  Score!  I've told you this before, but I don't chop onions anymore.  I only use the frozen chopped onions from the freezer.  Its just not worth the pain it causes my eyes - I'm super sensitive to it.

I also love that this soup is meatless - you could add ham if you wanted and I'm sure it would be great, but I love having some meal recipes that don't use any meat.

This recipe is super easy, and even more tasty.  And a huge hit with my kids!  My 4-year-old little girl says "Mmm.... I can't believe how yummy this is!"  And, later in the meal, she asks, "Can you put this on the yummy list?"  (I actually do have a 'yummy list' I keep on the inside of a cupboard door of things that were big hits in our family - very handy!)  Isn't that cute though?  And, don't you LOVE it when your kids LOVE a meal that's full of veggies?!  How awesome is that??

I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Potato Cheese Soup
Carrie Horlacher

Ingredients:
  Soup base:

• 4 c. water
• 2 T. chicken bouillon
• 3c. cubed potatoes
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 stalk broccoli
• 1 large carrot, cubed
• 2 stalks celery, chopped

  White sauce:

• ½ c. butter
• ½ c. flour
• 4 c. milk
• ½ tsp. salt
• ¼ tsp. pepper

Add to completed White Sauce:
1c. grated cheese

Process:
Simmer soup base till tender.  Make White Sauce.  When sauce is completed, add cheese.  Add White Sauce with cheese to soup base.  Mix & serve.


If anyone knows how it would turn out without/with less of or an alternitive to using an entire cube of butter, I'd love to hear it.  The soup makes a TON, which is my only consolation for using so much butter, but I'd still love to hear of an alternative if anyone has one.


Happy Eating!