Cheesy Potato Soup

Cold Winter, I mean Spring day. Furnace was turned off last week with 80+F weather. 

Today it is 35F, windy (50mph gusts of wind), snowing off and on and so far not accumulating. 

Friday I did some steps (hills for this flat lander) with neighbor

Then I tried 10min of Barre and made it to almost 6 minutes. HARD!

Yesterday Debi and I did four miles on an undulating course for us to work on elevation. Surprisingly, both days were about 100 feet elevation change! 

After some debate between broccoli soup, chicken tortilla and cheesy potato, and then debate on making a cheesy potato eith broccoli and chicken, #TheMike said to make Cheesy Potato, so I did. #goodwife 🤣🙃

Ingredients: 

1 onion diced 

3 carrots peeled and chopped. 

2 pounds of potatoes. Peeled & diced to bite size

1 quart milk. 

3T heavy cream 

1cup freshly / cubed or shredded cheddar 

3T flour + 3T butter to make a roux

1 bay leaf

1T paprika

2tsp oregano 

2tsp basil 

1tsp Marjoram

2tsp onion powder

1.5 T black pepper and salt to taste

Green onion tops chopped for topping (or chives)

If using fresh potatoes, dice, rinse well, boil for a few minutes. Rinse. 

Bacon cooked and chopped for topping. Set on paper towel. 

To the bacon fat (or if skipping bacon, add 1T butter& melt) add the diced onion to cook. After a minute, add a little salt to onion. Add bay leaf. Add Carrot. Cook for a couple minutes. 

Add diced potatoes, stir all. 

Add seasonings to and stir onion/carrots/potatoes. 

Let cook while you make your Roux of butter, pepper and flour. Melt butter in skillet. Add flour. Stir and cook until bubbling. Cook a couple minutes. Turn off. 

Add milk and cream to the soup pot. Bring to boil. Add Roux. Stir well and boil. 

Add cheese, stir to blend. 

If it's too thick, you can thin with water (mine was too 'heavy' so I added some water and then some more- about 2 cups total.)

Bring to boil, then simmer. 

Add pepper and salt to taste. 

Serve and top with bacon bits, scallions or chives, sour cream or shredded cheese. 

*you can add celery to it which would be good. #theMike has been reacting to celery/ celery salt/ celery seed so I omitted. 

*you could add chicken broth or stock instead of water. I did not as it usually has celery in it. 

#Denbypotteryusa #ImperialBlueCoupe bowls for making the food more eye pleasing. 

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