DS Friendly Potato Soup

Sep 20, 2009

Here's a warm and hearty soup for my fellow DSers. Some of you are still in the weight loss phase and some are still restricting carbs for various reasons. This soup is a wonderful "lower"-carb potato soup that's super easy to make...and IMO, anytime you can cook something in a crockpot, it's easy!


1 quart half and half
1 stick butter
1 can cream of chicken soup
1-2 cans of chicken broth (depending on the thickness you like.)
1 pkg Cream Cheese (softened)
2lbs Bacon (I cheat and use the premade crumbled bacon in the salad isle)
1/2 cup onion (again, I cheat here and use frozen onions)
8-10 cut up potatos (I use the red potatos and don't peel them...too lazy in the morning to peel potatos!)
2 cups shredded cheddar (add to the potato soup when finished and you put it in your bowl)
Scallions (if desired)


Mix all ingrediants (with exclusion of shredded cheddar) in a large crock. Stir together. Cook on low for 8-10hrs or High in 4-5 hrs. If possible, stir a couple times while cooking...if you're gone and can't stir, that's fine too. When cooking time 30 minutes from being complete, SLIGHTLY mash and stir contents. This will make the soup thicker.
Top with cheddar cheese, extra pieces of crumbled bacon, and scallions (if desired).

IMO, it's the cream cheese that makes this soup really good!

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