Creamy Potato Leek Soup Not Low Fat Food

CREAMY POTATO AND LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir leeks, garlic, salt, and pepper in the hot butter until leeks are tender and lightly browned, about 15 minutes.
• Stir chicken broth and cornstarch together in a bowl until cornstarch is dissolved; pour over the leek mixture. Add potatoes to the broth mixture and bring to a boil; season with onion powder and garlic powder. Reduce heat, add half-and-half to broth mixture, and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes.
• Remove pot from heat and blend soup using a hand blender until smooth; season with salt and pepper.

LOW CAL CREAMY POTATO LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Clean leeks and dice (using only the white& green area up to where the leaves get tough).
• Wash,peel& dice the potatoes.
• Combine diced vegetables with the 3 cups of water& the chicken bouillon in a pot.
• Bring to a boil.
• Cover and simmer for 25 minutes.
• Puree one half of the mixture and then puree the other half (I used the blender).
• Return the pureed mixture to the pot and add the 1/4 cup of non-fat milk.
• Heat through and serve.

POTATO AND LEEK SOUP (CREAMY BUT NO CREAM!)

Steps:

• Saute leeks and onion in olive oil for 10 min on med/low heat until soft and fragrant.
• In a large pot, boil broth. Add sautéed leeks and onion, garlic, potato cubes and spices. Cover and simmer for 20-30 min, until potatoes are very soft and fall apart when forked.
• Puree the soup with a blender or immersion blender. Make sure not to fill the blender more than 1/2 way so soup doesn't go flying (blend portions at a time). Pour soup back in pot and reheat. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

CREAMY LEEK AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, melt 3 tablespoons of the butter over low heat. Add the leeks and cook, stirring often, until tender, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the chicken stock and potatoes. Cover and simmer gently until the vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes.
• Remove from the heat. With a hand-held immersion blender, or in batches in a food processor, puree the soup until smooth. Season, to taste, with salt and ground white pepper. Ladle into soup bowls and garnish with parsley and 1 tablespoon of soft herbed cheese. Serve immediately.

CREAMY POTATO LEEK SOUP (NOT LOW FAT!!)

Steps:

• In a large pot, bring potatoes and chicken broth to a boil. Lower to a simmer and cook until potatoes are tender (checking with a fork).
• Meanwhile, place bacon in a large skillet and cook until crisp (I sometimes cheat and bake it in the over on a cookie cooling rack over a cookie sheet lined with tin foil. Bake at 350 for about 15-20 minutes I keep checking it, so not sure of the time. Bacon comes out crispy every time and the dripping end up on the foil lined cookie sheet for easy clean up!).
• In the same frying pan (or in a frying pan if you used the oven method to cook the bacon), with 3-4 Tablespoons of the bacon grease (if you cooked the bacon in the frying pan- skim off until you have about this much- if you baked the bacon, add this amount to the frying pan!). Add the leeks- making sure that you have rinsed them well! Saute over med-low heat until they are limp and tender, stirring often.
• Mash or even better, use a submersion blender to mash the cooked potatoes until almost smooth.
• Blend in heavy cream.
• Add cooked leeks and 3/4 of the cooked bacon.
• Continue to blend until soup is almost smooth.
• Mix in remaining crumbled bacon or reserve as a garnish (I add it).
• If you find the soup is too thick for your liking, add small amounts of cream or chicken broth until it reaches the desired consistency- we like it pretty thick.
• Enjoy.

CREAMY POTATO SOUP (LOW-FAT/HEART-HEALTHY)

Steps:

• Pour 4 cups vegetable broth into large pot; add potatoes; bring to a boil and simmer until fork-tender; drain and slightly mash potatoes; reserve broth.
• Pour remaining 1 cup vegetable broth into medium pot; add cauliflower and onions; bring to a boil and simmer until very soft.
• Scoop cauliflower mixture into blender and process until smooth. Add reserved broth from cooked potatoes if necessary.
• Blend 1/2 cup milk with brown rice flour in a bowl with a fork; set aside. Pour pureed cauliflower and remaining 1 cup milk into medium pot. Heat until warmed through, then slowly whisk in milk/rice flour mixture.
• Continue whisking while heating until soup base thickens. Add reserved potatoes (and remaining broth if needed); heat until thickened and bubbly.
• Serve soup into bowls garnished with 1 Tbs. shredded cheese and 1/2 slice prepared turkey bacon.

LOW FAT POTATO LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Get a big pot that will fit all the ingredients and warm butter or margarine on medium heat till it melts.
• 2. Toss in the leeks and stir fry on medium for 5 minutes.
• 3. Add in the potato cubes and stir fry on medium for another 5 minutes.
• 4. Add in the broth and bring to a boil on high heat while slowly stirring, then immediately reduce to medium low and allow to simmer for 15 minutes or until the potato cubes are just tender.
• 5. Reduce heat to very low so the soup does not cool off.
• 6. Scoop 50% of the soup with potato cubes into blender and puree.
• 7. Put the pureed soup back in the pot and stir.
• 8. Add in the dill, marjoram, salt and pepper.
• 9. Simmer until ready to serve or put in jars for preserving. (you must use a pressure cooker - 10lbs @ 45 minutes).
• 10. When serving you can garnish with crumbled bacon or chopped dill.

CREAMY LOW-FAT POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan combine the cubed potatoes with onion, celery, cayenne, garlic powder and bouillon powder and chicken broth (start with 2 teaspoon bouillon powder) bring to a simmer over medium heat.
• Reduce heat cover and simmer for about 20 minutes or until veggies are tender (at this point you may add in more bouillon powder if desired).
• In a small bowl whisk together 1/4 cup evaporated milk with 3 tablespoons cornstarch until smooth; stir into the simmering broth mixing constantly.
• Add in the remaining evaporated milk; bring back to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for about 3-5 minutes or until bubbly and thickened.
• Remove from heat season with black pepper and salt if desired, then stir in the shredded cheese.
• Delicious!

LOW-FAT POTATO AND LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large soup pot. Add garlic, shallots, carrots and leeks. Cook for 5 minutes, or until soft.
• Add potatoes, broth and milk. Bring to a boil, then turn down to a simmer and cook for about 25 minutes, or until potatoes are fork-tender.
• Blend until smooth with an immersion blender or in small batches in a standard blender.
• Adjust seasoning to taste. Serve warm garnished with chives.