I know. Potato Soup? Really? Yes, really. It's pretty spectacular and REALLY easy. Like make it tomorrow easy. Really.
It comes from this recipe, but I changed it just a little
http://www.food.com/recipe/unbelievably-easy-potato-soup-74275
For each person:
Cut up and put into a small pan:
One decent sized potato (you can peel them, but why? It makes the soup harder to make and takes out some of the nutrients. I say - Keep the skins!)
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped celery.
Put in water that doesn't quite cover the vegetables and bring to a boil, then turn it down to a simmer until the vegetables are tender (maybe 10 minutes?). Drain them a little, but don't feel like you need to get all of the water out. Then mash up your vegetables with a fork or potato masher.
Add:
1/4-1/2 cup half and half - basically until it's to the consistency you like your soup.
Plenty of salt and pepper (If you think the soup doesn't have much flavor, just add some more salt. Remember that there isn't any salt in the recipe up to this point, so you can control the taste and sodium content).
Heat it a little more and enjoy!
See, I said it was easy :-).
-Jennifer
