Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, potato soup (yummy - w/low fat options). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Potato Soup (Yummy - w/Low Fat Options) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Potato Soup (Yummy - w/Low Fat Options) is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook potato soup (yummy - w/low fat options) using 17 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Potato Soup (Yummy - w/Low Fat Options):
- Take Chunky Soups
- Make ready 12 small red potatoes, cubed small
- Take 1 onion, diced
- Make ready 3 celery stalks, diced
- Take 4 cup water
- Prepare 2 can Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup
- Get 1/2 tsp salt - or more to taste
- Make ready 1 pinch of celery salt
- Take 1/2 tsp cajun seasoning
- Prepare 1 pinch of rosemary
- Take 1 ground red and black pepper - to taste
- Prepare 1 cup milk
- Prepare 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- Make ready 1 tsp chopped parsley
- Get 8 slice bacon, diced
- Get 1 cheese, shredded
- Make ready 1 corn tortilla chips, crumbled
Steps to make Potato Soup (Yummy - w/Low Fat Options):
- In a large stock pot, cook bacon until crisp. (Bacon is used as a garnish)
- Remove bacon and remove and discard half of the fat from the pot. Add onions and celery to pot (with remaining bacon fat) and saute for 2 mins. - FOR A LOWER FAT VERSION, AFTER BACON IS COOKED, DISCARD ALL FAT AND SAUTE USING OLIVE OIL.
- Add potatoes to the pot (I like to keep the skin on). Cook for 5 mins.
- Add seasoning
- Add water
- Add Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup (or your favorite condensed creamy soup). Stir and cook until potatoes begin to soften, about 8 - 10 mins. - FOR A LOWER FAT VERSION, USE 98%FAT FREE CAMPBELL'S CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP.
- In a separate bowl, mix milk and flour until smooth. Add milk mixture (slowly while stirring) into pot. Cook for 5 mins. - FOR A LOWER FAT VERSION, USE NON-FAT MILK.
- Remove half of the ingredients from the pot, and blend in a blender untill smooth. Return the blended ingredients to the pot and mix with the chunky ingredients (this keeps texture in your soup).
- Add parsley. Simmer, stir, and taste. YUM!
- When serving, garnish with cheese, bacon, and/or tortilla chips (optional but adds more texture, crunch, and flavor). - FOR A LOWER FAT VERSION, OMIT BACON OR SUBTITUTE WITH TURKEY BACON, OMIT CHEESE, AND USE FAT FREE TORTILLA CHIPS.
Information on How to Elevate Your Mood with Food
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As you can see, you don’t need junk food or foods that are terrible for you just so to feel better! Try some of these instead!
