Potato Soup

One of John's favorite meals is potato soup. I've always made it with lots of cream, butter and cheese and topped with bacon - yeah, right. Not anymore! But today I put together a pretty mean pot of potato soup. Since I didn't measure anything - and anyone reading this post would need to make it in different quantities, here's what I did. It's really not too precise.

I washed some potatoes and diced them to bitesized pieces - leaving the skins on for the additional fiber and nutrients and texture. I covered them with water and put them on to boil - just like I was going to make mashed potatoes. While they started to cook, I sliced an onion in thin slices and "sauteed" it along with a clove of garlic in a non-stick skillet until they were kind of transparent and beginning to brown a little. Then I dumped all of that into the potatoes and let them cook until the potatoes were really tender. Once they were beginning to get a little mushy, I added some soy milk and salt and pepper. Then I thickened it with some corn starch and water mixed up. I just added that until the consistency was right and then added some parsley flakes. That was it. Pretty easy. I had to taste test to get it seasoned right - but it really turned out great.

On another note, I gave blood today. I'll be anxious to see my latest cholesterol numbers!