Ice, Ice, Baby

As the ice and snow fall over the next 48 hours, it’s a great time to huddle around the stove and create delicious meals. It’s even better if you can involve the whole family (or maybe it’s not, we hardly know your family). Either way, here’s our favorite potato soup recipe, perfect for a cold winter day! And, if you were one of those crazies standing in line at the grocery store, this will put your recently purchased milk to good use.

Hearty Potato Soup

6 medium potatoes, peeled and sliced

2 carrots, diced

6 celery stalks, diced

2 quarts water

1 onion, chopped

6 T. butter

6 T. all purpose flour

1 tsp. salt

½ tsp. pepper

1 ½ c. milk

In a large kettle, cook potatoes, carrots and celery in water until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain, reserving liquid and setting vegetables aside. In the same kettle, sauté onion in butter until soft. Stir in flour, salt and pepper; gradually add milk, stirring constantly until thickened. Gently stir in cooked vegetables. Add 1 cup or more of reserved cooking liquid until soup is desired consistency.