Creamy Potato Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 1 onion, diced
• 4 large potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
• 3 stalks celery, with leaves, chopped
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1 1/2 cups boiling water
• 4 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine
• 2 chicken or 2 vegetable bouillon cubes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne (to taste)

Recipe

• 1 saute onion in butter/margarine until tender on medium high heat in a large pot, stirring often so they don't burn.
• 2 reduce heat to medium. add potatoes, parsley, celery, carrots, salt, paprika, and boiling water, and cook until vegetables are tender.
• 3 meanwhile, make the sauce:.
• 4 mix half cup of milk with the flour. heat the remaining milk in a medium sized pot to boiling, stirring often so it doesn't scorch.
• 5 add flour mixture and stir constantly until it thickens. add the butter/margarine, bouillon cubes, salt, pepper and cayenne. stir until bouillon cubes are dissolved.
• 6 once the potatoes and carrots are tender, use a stick blender (or a normal blender, remember not to fill all the way up though) and blend until it's a smooth puree.
• 7 stir in the sauce, heat together and serve.