Texas Cream of Potato Soup

Let me preface this post by saying we don't eat a lot of soups. Why? There's not many we like. Occasionally, chicken noodle soup or tomato, but even those are pretty rare. Now, I've tried to make soup before but there wasn't a recipe worth repeating. Until now!! Holy banana peel, this recipe is so divinely yummy! I think my SIL gave it to me years ago but it was lost amongst all of my other recipes. I'm glad I found it because we loved it. My husband made this and he said other than taking a little time to throw together, it was easy to do. He didn't add the onion or celery, but it still turned out delicious. If you like soup or even if you don't like soup, you should try this recipe. It's so good!! I can't wait for dinner tomorrow. :D

Texas Cream of Potato Soup

Ingredients:

3 cups	Potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 cup	Carrots, sliced
8 oz	Bacon
1 cup	Onion, chopped
1 cup	Celery, chopped
2 cups	Half and half
1 cup	Velveeta cheese, cubed
¼ tsp	Parsley flakes
¼ tsp	Celery salt
¼ tsp	Garlic salt
1 ½ tsp	Salt
¼ tsp	Black pepper
2 TBS	Cornstarch
2 cups	Milk

Directions:

1. Boil potatoes and carrots in pot (just barely cover with water) until done. Drain and set aside.

2. Cook bacon until crisp. Reserve bacon drippings and sauté celery and onion in drippings for 10 minutes.

3. Combine in pot, potatoes, bacon, sautéed vegetables and next 7 ingredients.

4. Stir cornstarch into milk and then put in soup.

5. Simmer about 30 minutes.