Nanas Potato Soup Recipes

NANA'S CREAMY LEEK & POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in large stockpot on medium-high heat. Add leeks; cook 5 min. or until tender, stirring frequently. Add potatoes and water; stir. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 20 min. or until potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
• Puree with a hand-held blender, right in the stockpot. (Or add, in batches, to a countertop blender; blend until smooth.) Return potato puree to stockpot. Cook on medium heat 5 min. or until heated through, stirring occasionally.
• Add cream cheese and half-and-half; stir. Cook 3 to 5 min. or just until cream cheese is melted and mixture is blended. Stir in pepper. Sprinkle with chives just before serving.

NANA'S POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Boil the peeled and cubed potatoes until fork tender. While the potatoes boil, sweat the onions and the celery in butter until soft and translucent; do not brown. Drain potatoes. While still warm, add the ingredients slowly, being sure not to mash the potatoes. Mix thoroughly. Serve warm or cold.

NANA CAROL'S OLD FASHIONED POTATO SOUP RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• 1. Boil potatoes and celery with water twice as high in the pot. Separately, dice and cook bacon. 2. Saute onions in bacon grease and strain. Add bacon and onions to pot and simmer. 3. Mix eggs and salt. Slowly add flour to egg mix while stirring. You want to add until you get thickness of cookie dough. These will make dumplings that will also thicken the soup. My family varies on size, here are a few techniques; 1) roll dough into a 1/2" rope and cut half inch pucks, 2) roll into balls, 3) pull or cut into irregular pieces. This could be fun job for the kids. At any rate, toss them in to bowling pot gradually so they don't clump together. 4. Add milk and and simmer to thicken, about 1/2 hour.