Pantry Staples Potato Soup (yummy, healthy, inexpensive, already have the ingredients on hand

Prep:1h 15minCook:1h

I used what I had on hand, and loosely followed these two recipes: https://www.kyleecooks.com/white-bean-potato-soup-with-lemon-and-thyme/ and https://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2012/04/19/creamy-potato-soup-food-storage-and-fat-free-style/

Updated at: Sat, 21 Oct 2023 00:30:36 GMT

Ingredients

8 servings

4potatoes

medium to large

⅓ cupdry white beans

use a blender to grind to powder, Can also use a can of beans, or a cup or so of cooked beans

1.5carrots

½ cupzucchini

cubed

0.25onion

small, in retrospect, the soup could use 1/2 an onion, or even a whole onion

1 tspthyme

½ tsprosemary

2 tspgarlic powder

can use less, according to your taste

red pepper flakes

large

1 TBSPdry mustard powder

can use prepared mustard if that's all you have might not notice a big change to the flavor, though Balsamic vinegar would be a good substitution 1 TBSP would be fine

½ cupgreen pepper

Bacon nish

gar, optional

1 tspsalt

¼ tspblack pepper

Instructions

Step 1

1. chop potatoes and put them in a pot to boil

Step 2

2. while potatoes are boiling, chop onion and put in a saute pan on medium, or a bit lower.

Step 3

3. while onion is cooking, peel and chop carrots. Add carrots to the pot where onions are cooking.

Step 4

4. chop zucchini and add to carrots and onion

Step 5

5. Add herbs to onion, carrots and zucchini

Step 6

6. Remove potatoes from cooking water.

Step 7

7. Put 1/2 cup of water into a blender.

Step 8

8. DON'T BLEND until step 10! Add 1 cup of the cooked potatoes (more or less, depending on the size of your blender), into the blender. DON'T Blend until step 10 9. Put the lid on the blender

Step 9

10. Turn on the blender and puree the potatoes and bean flour. Empty the contents of the blender back into the cooking pot.

Step 10

11. Repeat steps 7-10 until most or all of the cooked potatoes are blended.

Step 11

12. On low to medium low heat, continue cooking the soup for 15 minutes. Add more salt, pepper, or other seasonings to your taste.

Step 12

13. Serve garnished with sour cream, shredded cheese, chives, bacon bits, etc.