Using up Our Garden Goodies!

Hello Family! So today our temps only reached into the high 70's. That's pretty great. We are having a lot of fires though so the air is pretty bad. We seem to have this happen every August. Sadly, many people have lost their homes. Makes you very grateful for your home I'll tell you.

For dinner tonight I found a great recipe for a potato soup without bacon. I know that bacon adds a great taste to the soup, but I can't rationalize paying the high price. Bacon runs over $4.00 for 12 ounces here. I call that highway robbery! Anyway, here's a recipe that makes a hearty and thick potato soup that tastes amazing! It's from the Taste of Home website and I highly recommend it:

Hearty Potato Soup

6 medium potatoes, peeled and sliced

2 carrots, chopped

6 celery ribs, chopped

8 cups water

1 onion, chopped

6 Tbls. flour

6 Tbls. margarine

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. pepper

1 1/2 cups milk

In a soup pot cook the potatoes, carrots and celery in water until tender, about 15-20 minutes. Drain, reserving liquid and setting vegetables aside. In the soup pot saute onion in margarine until tender. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper. Then gradually add milk. Bring it all to a boil, cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Gently pour in cooked veggies and then add as much of the reserved liquid as you need to bring it to your desired consistency. Yield about 8-10 servings. 

This was just wonderful and very filling. I used potatoes and onions from our garden. When I'm out of fresh potatoes and carrots I'll use some of our canned potatoes and carrots. 

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