Cheese Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 4 medium potatoes
• 1 medium onion
• 1 cup carrot
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen french-cut green beans
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 1/3 cup flour
• 3 1/2 cups milk
• 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 (2 ounce) jar diced pimentos, drained

Recipe

• 1 peel and dice potatoes, chop onion, and slice carrots thin.
• 2 bring broth to a boil in a dutch oven or other large heavy pan.
• 3 add potatoes, onions, carrots, and beans to broth, then cover and simmer 12 minutes.
• 4 meanwhile melt butter in a pan on top of stove, blend in flour and cook one minute.
• 5 gradully add milk to butter-flour mixture and cook (stirring constantly) at medium heat until mixture thickens.
• 6 add cheese and stir until it melts.
• 7 now stir the cheese sauce and pimento into the cooked vegetables and broth.
• 8 cook over low heat until hot but do not boil.
• 9 serve hot.