We all need more hours in our day. Preparing and serving meals takes up much of that time. Soup is a great time saving meal, that is enjoyed by all. I love having a big pot of soup simmering on the stove all day, served with a nice fresh loaf of homemade bread–unfortunately today was not a homemade bread making day, so we served it with crackers, still just as good. You can modify this depending upon the size of family you are serving. This makes one large pot, enough for our dinner plus lunch the next day.
Start by peeling and dicing 10 lbs of potatoes.
When your hand has fallen off, from peeling and dicing all of those:)its time to move on.
Add a package of bacon bits to your pot, you can also fry up a package of bacon, but I am looking at the ease right now.
You can then add some diced onions, I didnt have any on hand, but did have some dehydrated ones that will do the trick. We added 2 Tablespoons, or you can dice up a whole onion, depending upon what your likes are.
Fill your pot almost up to the top with water and add some chicken bouillon to taste. I added about 6 Tablespoons, but you can add however much your family enjoys.
Cook on medium heat until all your potatoes are tender.
Then it is time for your thickener. I like to use instant potato flakes, baby rice cereal(yes if you have lots of leftovers from babies like we do) or today I am using leftover mashed potatoes that I have previously frozen.
Place it in your pot and slowly stir away. It should start to thicken in the next few minutes. Start by adding about 1/3 of the box of instant potato flakes, baby cereal or 2 cups of mashed potatoes. Then as the soup thickens you can add more depending upon how your family likes it.
After it is all heated and thickened, add a 16 oz container of sour cream and stir. Don’t boil the soup any longer or the sour cream will separate.
Ladle into soup bowls and garnish with green onions.
Here are the “lower half” children’s soup
Our children really like saltine crackers crushed into their soups. But with 6 little ones all crushing crackers at the table, it can get very messy real quick.
Here is what we do to solve that. Take a package of crackers.
Let your children help crush the crackers inside the package. Be careful not to break the wrapper.
Pour on top of the soup
Is this cool enough to eat yet Mom?
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I love your simplicity. Keeps a person hungry for more.
Love the cracker breaking. Neat idea.
Trying this for the 1st time tonight. I think I’ve only made potato soup one time but LOVE it. I LOVE LOVE LOVE how simple yours is. The recipe I had before was NOT. Looks yummy. We will be tasting it soon. ALSO – GENIUS IDEA about the crackers. HELLO – Why didn’t I think of that? DEFINITELY will be doing this from now on. BLESSINGS
LOL It is something so simple…yet so overlooked:) Have a fantastic morning, Heather…:)
Have you had any luck freezing stews?
Yes, as long as it is covered in liquid–you will be good:)
How would you suggest making this portion wise for a family of 5?
Also, could I make this in my crock pot?
absolutely:) Figure about a potato per person if that helps. If you have more you can freeze it or have for leftovers
Thank you so much!
How much does the chicken noodle soup make?