I've had an urge for potato soup - must be our chilling weather! Anyway, I think I've come close in flavor to my mom's potato soup of 5 decades ago, but of course I had to add herbs for additional flavor.
Homey, warming and tasty.
I've been having fun with the sorrel from my garden (I've been adding to grain salads for sparkle), we always have fresh parsley too, and I got the arugula from one of our Farmers at the Mesa Farmers Market 'cause my arugula is not up yet, darn :-)
You can easily make this vegan friendly if you desire.
Catherine's Potato Soup with Garden Herbs
2 tablespoons of butter
1/4 of white onion minced
Melt butter in 2 quart stock pot, saute the onion in the melted butter while you clean and cut of potatoes, add a tablespoon of olive oil if it looks like the onions need more liquid.
1 tablespoons of olive oil
3-4 cups of diced potatoes (I leave the peels on and I used red new potatoes)
2 cups of milk
1 1/2 cups of finely minced herbs (I used a mix of parsley, sorrel, arugula)
salt and pepper (about 1/2 tsp of salt and several good grounds of the pepper grinder will usually do it)
Add milk to onions and bring just to boil, stir in potatoes, reduce heat, cover, and cook until tender - about 15 minutes, season with S&P.
Croutons: (I toasted 12 grain bread, spread butter/canola mix on and very lightly sprinkled with garlic powder and cubed.)
When the potatoes are fork tender, mash leaving some pieces for texture.
Serve with minced herbs and croutons.
Optional: Crumbled fresh cooked bacon /
Vegan Options: try rice milk instead of the cows milk and some firm cubed tofu can be added just before mashing to increase protein content, use all olive oil for saute.
Enjoy!
-- Catherine, The Herb Lady
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