creamy potato soup

How To Make creamy potato soup

• Step 1
  Pour 1 quart of cold water into a 2 or 3 quart cooking pot.
• Step 2
  Peel and small dice the onion. (I used half of a large yellow onion.) Discard the peel. Add the onion to the pot of water.
• Step 3
  Small dice the celery. Add it to the pot.
• Step 4
  Peel, rinse and small dice the potatoes. I used Russet potatoes. Discard the peels (or rinse and save them to make fried/baked potato crisps.) Add the potatoes to the pot.
• Step 5
  Place the pot on the stove eye/burner. Turn the heat to medium (5 or 6) on the electric.
• Step 6
  Unwrap and add the bouillon cubes to the pot.
• Step 7
  Add the ground pepper, poultry seasoning, parsley flakes, Italian seasoning, dried garlic and herb (I used garlic and red pepper flakes in a grinder) and stir.
• Step 8
  Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low (4). Let the soup boil gently for 30-40 minutes.
• Step 9
  Meanwhile, remove and 2 cups of the liquid from the pot, try to ladle it out so that the herbs and onion stay in the pot as much as possible. Let it cool. One cup will be added back into the pot as the liquid boils down below the potatoes (usually after 10 minutes of cooking.) The other cup will be used to make the Cream Soup Replacement.
• Step 10
  To make the Cream Soup Replacement, Combine the dry milk, cornstarch, bouillon granules, thyme, basil and pepper in a food processor or blender. Process a few seconds to bled the ingredients. Store this in an airtight container (I use an empty quart mason jars with lids.) makes 9 cups of mix.
• Step 11
  When the 1 cup of broth that is left in reserve has cooled add1/3 cup of the dry mix.(This is to substitute for 1 can of condensed soup.) Stir to get rid of all clumps. When the soup has finished cooking (30 to 40 minutes) pour the liquid mixture into the pot and stir gently until the soup thickens.
• Step 12
  Add the olive oil and the butter. Stir to melt the butter. Serve.
• Step 13
  You can serve the soup with saltines or any crackers, cornbread, croutons or garlic bread. You can add toppings like cheese, bacon, sausage, corn, green onion, chili. Just what ever. My son likes a few saltines and I eat mine plain.
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