Delicious Ham and Potato Soup

More soup you say ! Why yes please.

There is something about soup that I cant seem to get enough of it. This recipe is especially good and fast to make.

Make it on a rainy day in the summer :)

Delicious Ham and Potato Soup

Yeild: 8 servings

Ingredients:

3 1/2 cups peeled and diced potatoes

1/3 cup diced celery

1/3 cup finely chopped onion

3/4 cup diced cooked ham

3 1/4 cups water

2 tbsp. chicken bouillon granules

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. pepper

5 tbsp. butter

5 tbsp. flour

2 cups milk

Directions:

Combine the potatoes, celery, onion, ham, and water in a stockpot. Bring to a boil, then cook over medium heat until potatoes are tender, about 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the chicken bouillon, salt and pepper.

In a separate saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Whisk in flour with a fork, and cook, stirring constantly until thick, about 1 minute. Slowly stir in milk as not to allow lumps to form until all of the milk has been added. Continue stirring over medium-low heat until thick, 4 to 5 minutes.

Stir the milk mixture into the stockpot, and cook soup until heated through. Serve immediately.

Source: All Recipes

Roasted Baby Potatoes

While looking in the cupboards tonight seeing what we had to make for supper I found a small bag of baby potatoes. I totally had forgotten I had even bought them. Does anyone else do this?
So to my delight I quickly found a good recipe I wanted to try with baby potatoes and they turned out really well.
This recipe is likely going to be my go to recipe for roasted baby potatoes.
( Note- the potatoes come out rather dark due to the soy sauce in case anyone was wondering :)

Roasted Baby Potatoes


Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients:


10-15 baby potatoes
2-3 tbsp. soy sauce
2 tsp. butter
2 tsp. olive oil
fresh cracked pepper
2-3 tbsp. fresh parsley, divided

Directions:


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Boil a large pot of water and boil the potatoes for 4-5 minutes. Remove from water and let cool. Once cooled, slice in half and combine soy sauce, butter, olive oil, black pepper, and half of the parsley. Mix thoroughly and place in a baking dish that has been sprayed with olive oil. Place in the oven and roast for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and taste, re season with sea salt and pepper if needed.


Source: For the Love of Cooking