Tater Soup

Tonight, while at the "farm", I got a craving for potato soup, salsa and watermelon. So I dug up a bag full of taters, tomatoes, onions, peppers and tucked a melon under my arm and headed home. When Renee arrived home she promptly googled a potato soup recipe (I made a few adjustments) then I started washing the produce. Then a few hours later we were eating a nearly completely home grown, home made meal.

Preparation for tonights meal began on March 27, 2010 when I paid my $40.00 for plot 23 at the College of Southern Idaho's Community Garden. 

Recipe:

6-8 cubed potatoes

1 stalk celery sliced

1 diced onion

salt to taste

3-4 cups milk

1 to 2 T corn starch

4 tsp butter

1 T. parsley

pepper to taste

Boil potatoes till barely soft with onion and celery. Drain water and add to milk. Mash part of the potatoes to thicken soup, add 1-2 T. corn starch, butter, parsley, pepper, salt. Let simmer until potatoes are soft.

The meal in pictures...

...and the finished product was better than I had dreamed it would be... topped off with some home made guacamole dip left over from yesterday's lunch (thanks to the Martinez family) and a glass of cold Crystal Light.