This cold could use a bowl of *Creamy Potato Soup *??

Ever had those lazy days and it’s chilly outside wondering if it’s OK to just get some junk food delivered to your doorstep? I get those days alot too often, and trying to eat clean ain’t easy. With the number of fast food outlets offering free delivery the deal is just too sweet to let it slide.

Well today was one of those days I have not seen the sun. I walk into the kitchen and see these potatoes I bought at a great price and they can’t seem to get depleted despite having mash potatoes, boiled potatoes, stewed with beans, beef, I just can’t finish them. Well today is the day…

I must make something with all of them. My fridge has cream and some milk, I have some bunch of assorted veges… It’s a wrap Creamy potato soup it is.
I made other items with the potatoes more posts coming up.
It sounds weird especially since we know of pumpkin soup, butternut, carrot and rarely do we have potatoe soup, fasten your seat belts for a very yummy yummy ride.

Assemble your ingredients and let’s get cooking.
Let’s first of all peel the potatoes, dice into cubes and put in cold water and bring to boil, once boiled cover and let it simmer for about 30mins under low heat or just until it’s completely cooked. Hopefully you have some chicken stock for chicken flavour or vegetable stock for vegetarians. As for me I used chicken stock. There is a difference between chicken stock and chicken broth. The stock is just boiling chicken in water to make tender before cooking or its bones with bouquet garni and mirepoix. The Utalii in me but let me explain, mirepoix is vegetables cut into large cubes for flavour mostly onions, carrots and celery while bouquet garni is a bunch of fresh herbs and aromatics tied together in a bunch so they can add flavour to your stock and also easy to remove. I will write more on making different types of stocks. A broth on the other hand is a pimped up version of a stock but yummy to consume. Something like a clear chicken soup?. You are already learning more high five ✋.
Great now our potatoes are almost complete cooked throw in the diced carrots this are for the nutrients and colour, potatoes tend to be pale white. We put our stock in the cooker to warm up, and on the side have another cooking pan. Put butter and onions in and cook till they are golden brown. Drain the potatoes water and mash them. Transfer the mashed potatoes and carrots in the cooking pan with the onions, add the cream or milk or both and stir in to get the flavour. Here go with your taste I like black pepper, some salt.
Now it’s the easy part, that blender has been sitting there for weeks pull it out. I hope it’s working. Put the chunky soup in there and let’s smoothen it out. Blend in small portions you can add hot milk or some hot water to get it in the consistency you like.
The croutons well it was an easy shortcut. Those few slices that remained from breakfast. Apply butter on a few. Cut them in slices and toast them on the pan, if you have a toaster the better. Viola I now present you the yummy yummy out of this world *Creamy Potato soup*.

I don’t know where to start explaining how delicious this is, tasting is believing. Let me know how yours tasted and what secret ingredient you added in the comment box below or get in touch on our social media pages. Happy cooking ?