Foodie Friday: Creamy Potato Veggie Soup
November 21, 2008 by Kelly Turner
Filed under Fitness
I really have a thing for soups, don’t I?
This week, I made kind of a “kitchen sink” soup, with whatever I had laying around. I had a packet of instant butter and herb mashed potatoes and thought it would make a great soup. The whole thing took me maybe 10 minutes max, and it really hit the spot.
First, I chopped up some kale, and carrots, and threw it in a pot with a little olive oil, some frozen okra, and a few red pepper flakes. I didn’t use any other spices, except for a little pepper at the end, because the potatos were already flavored. After the kale wilted, and the veggies softened, I added in 1 can (2 cups) of fat free chicken stock, and 2 cups of water.
After that came to a boil, I mixed in the potatoes and let them sit for a minute.
I like my soups kind of thick, but if you prefer it a little more runny, you’d want to add in about another cup of water.
I served it up and had it with 2 slices of whole wheat bread and a little Smart Balance.
It was delicious. I’m definately going to make this again, but I think next time I might add some diced ham or crumbled bacon.
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The first time I read that I thought you meant that you had a packet of instant butter, rather than butter & herb mashed potatoes.. I wonder what instant butter would be like?
Your soup sounds so good. And I LOVE red pepper flakes. I always sprinkle way too many on my egg whites and then I eat it in a sandwich and the spice just burns. But its so tasty.
Also, what exactly IS okra?
Looks comforting!! I love “everything but the kitchen sink” style meals :-)
Oh wow, awesome pantry meal. I’ve been making a lot of these this week because I’m leaving for 5 days at Thanksgiving and I didn’t want to buy a lot of new, fresh stuff! Soup is SO good for using up bits of this and that.
looks delicious! i never tried okra, kind of scared to! but it seems like a lot of people like it~
I love thick soups! This looks so good! I love that you used okra, one of my faves!
yum..love it. Your 3 ingredient Salsa/Bean/Broth soup has become one of my favs!
Can I get the recipe for the second picture?? That looks yummy… cause I don’t do potatoes.
Thanks for the post!
All the Best,
Andrew R
I made something similar on Sunday! I had leftover mashed potatoes so I first browned some onion & carrots in a little butter, added about 2.5 cups of skim milk, the mashed potatoes and frozen broccoli. It was so tasty!
Soup is by far my favorite food, and yours looks great! I would have never thought to use instant mash in it to make it creamy!
Looks so yummy!
That looks really good! I’ve always thought that potato soup would take way too long to make. Great idea with the instant mashed potatoes.
Oh, and I must give you another award, I suppose ;)
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I love okra second only to lima beans in soup. I also hadn’t thought of using instant mashed potatoes– there goes my “too time consuming” excuse.
That does look good. And I do like easy recipes!
Have I told you lately that you are a genius?? I love this!!
Love it!!! Potato soup is my one true love.
what is okra. seriously. what is it.
looks good though!