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September 25, 2009

Bacon Potato Soup for Your Man

Filed under: food — Tags: food, meal, projects — K @ 3:36 AM

When your husband is out finishing a project like this…

swing photo Bacon Potato Soup for Your Man

firepit photo Bacon Potato Soup for Your Man

and this (yep, that’s a new header in progress)… and asks for a hearty soup for dinner, full of his favorites, I make him this…

Baked Potato Soup

Ingredients

  1. 4 large Baking Potatoes
  2. 2/3 cup Butter
  3. 12 slices Bacon, cooked and crumbled
  4. 2/3 cup Flour
  5. 1-1/4 cup grated Cheddar Cheese
  6. 6 cups Milk
  7. 8 ounces Sour Cream

Instructions

  • Bake potatoes. Cool. Scoop out pulp and set aside. Discard/compost skins.
  • Melt butter over low heat and add flour.
  • Add milk, heat and stir until thick.
  • Add potato pulp, salt, pepper, 2 tablespoons of green onion, 1/2 cup of crumbled bacon and 1 cup cheese.
  • Cook until thoroughly heated; stir in sour cream and heat through.
  • Serve with remaining green onions, bacon and 1/4 cup cheese as garnish.

bacon potato soup photo Bacon Potato Soup for Your Man

This recipe was slightly altered from the original at the Potato Soup Recipe website.  There are quite a few variations of potato soup there!  If you really need some veggies in your soup, you can add the 4 scallions back in.  Our grocery store was selling a 15 pound bag of potatoes for $3, so I took advantage of the deal.  Another variation I made since I had so many potatoes was that I added more to the recipe.  I left some of the potato as chunks instead of making it completely smooth (that just doesn’t seem right for potato soup) and it tasted wonderful.  D thought so too – we had quite a bit left over which he took to work the rest of the week.  No, I’m not like that!  I offered other things to take for lunch but he wanted the soup. :-)

We might need some help finishing off these potatoes.  Do you have a favorite potato recipe that we can use?

Next week I’ll show you three different ways to use up butternut squash so make sure to stop back!  In the meantime, you can also check out some more recipes here and here.  Also be sure to check out the websites below.

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41 Comments »

  1. Wow, I LOVE.LOVE.LOVE that little oasis in your yard. Is that a fire pit? I want one although I am not sure how much we would use one down here in HOT Florida.

    That bacon potato soup looks amazing as well. One of my favs! Well, I love your site and glad i came across it. Stopped by from MomTrends, 1st time joining in on a Friday.

    Comment by Live.Love.Eat — September 25, 2009 @ 7:45 AM

  2. What a great swing. I would love to have that to relax on.
    Never tried potato soup with baked potatoes but I will now. Thanks for sharing.
    ~ ~Ahrisha~ ~

    Comment by ~ ~Ahrisha~ ~ — September 25, 2009 @ 7:53 AM

  3. Very tasty looking! :)

    Comment by Erica — September 25, 2009 @ 9:03 AM

  4. A bowl for me please. :) Whenever I’m out and this is soup of the day, I can’t resist. Yummy!

    Comment by Ashley — September 25, 2009 @ 9:10 AM

  5. YUMMY!!! recipe for potato soup. I like the bacon and cheese in it. THANKS!!! for the YUMMY!!! recipe. Geri

    Comment by Geri@heartnsoulcooking — September 25, 2009 @ 9:27 AM

  6. Any other ideas on Potato Recipes? K is not kidding, we have a ton to use. Fortunately, I am always up for a good potato meal!

    Comment by D — September 25, 2009 @ 9:28 AM

  7. Yes, that is a firepit. Built DIY style over the last 2 months. As fall rolls in, I am sure it will be nice an toasty on the crisp fall nights. Look for a post in the future detailing the building process. It’s not difficult to build, just a little time consuming, but it’s worth it for the $ saved doing it yourself.

    Comment by D — September 25, 2009 @ 9:30 AM

  8. The arbor is looking great! When I was a little girl, my dad always made potato soup for me when I was sick. This looks like a good recipe–I dislike to eat it in restaurants because so often they use smoked cheese. Wish I had some of this “comfort food” right now!

    Comment by Susan — September 25, 2009 @ 10:18 AM

  9. Golly, but this looks rich and hearty and delicious. Thanks for sharing the recipe with us. I love potato soup. I hope you are having a wonderful day.

    Comment by Mary — September 25, 2009 @ 11:27 AM

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  11. Thank you for stopping by! That potato soup sounds wonderful. And I am glad you enjoyed the tips. I’m still trying to learn about SEO myself, it’s such a big subject and so hard to digest with online articles. I know exactly what you mean about the men bloggers & their suggestions. It still goes over my head!

    Comment by Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality — September 25, 2009 @ 5:38 PM

  12. My hubby would love that- will have to give it a try! Thanks for the recipe =)

    Comment by Melissa Multitasking Mama — September 25, 2009 @ 7:34 PM

  13. We love potato soup — in fact, you’ve inspired me to put potato soup in our menu this week!

    Comment by SnoWhite — September 25, 2009 @ 9:00 PM

  14. not sure what to think about the plant growing in the soup there, but the firepit area is looking awesome!

    Comment by The R — September 26, 2009 @ 12:23 AM

  15. Lol… that would be basil. I guess I should try growing parsley next year so it looks more gourmet! And thanks, D has been working on it pretty much non-stop.

    Comment by K — September 26, 2009 @ 1:20 AM

  16. Thanks ~ glad I could help!

    Comment by K — September 26, 2009 @ 1:24 AM

  17. We were trying really hard with the SEO stuff and I think there’s only so much you can do unless you’re one of the “make money online” guys. At one point I was more concerned with that than I was with writing. Anyway, thanks for visiting!

    Comment by K — September 26, 2009 @ 1:28 AM

  18. You’re welcome, thanks for stopping by!

    Comment by K — September 26, 2009 @ 1:29 AM

  19. Thanks! The restaurants around here serve potato soup occasionally, but it’s got a different texture that I’m not a fan of.

    Comment by K — September 26, 2009 @ 1:31 AM

  20. Thanks for visiting! D’s a huge fan of bacon and cheese. The wedding he was in last weekend had a ton of leftover food, including cheese and crackers. He snagged a whole tray (whoa!) so this recipe came in handy for getting rid of some of it. We also made some macaroni and cheese. Agh – unhealthy week!

    Comment by K — September 26, 2009 @ 1:35 AM

  21. Thanks! I used to like the potato soup that restaurants offered, but since we moved three years ago to a smaller town, I just don’t like what they serve. They manage to make some great French onion soup around here though, go figure!

    Comment by K — September 26, 2009 @ 1:37 AM

  22. Thank you!

    Comment by K — September 26, 2009 @ 1:38 AM

  23. Thanks! This was the first time I’ve tried scooping the “meat” out of the potatoes.

    Comment by K — September 26, 2009 @ 1:39 AM

  24. My husband loves fried potatoes with ketchup for breakfast.

    We eat a lot of potatoes here; we had potato soup yesterday, actually! We have baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, pot roast with potatoes, corned beef hash, etc.

    Comment by The Prudent Homemaker — September 26, 2009 @ 8:05 AM

  25. This is just like the potato soup I make!! Love it!! :)

    I read a while ago on The Grocery Game website
    http://www.thegrocerygame.com/index.cfm?function=text&method=pressroom&CIUUID=553C78DE-7E9B-58B1-DF3E7F59F0239182
    about “Turn key” dinner or something like that. It involved cooking a “bag” (not sure what size) of potatoes and then having them for several days. What I usually do is have baked potatoes one night. Using the leftover baked potatoes, have potato soup the next night. Saving the skins, have a form of potato skins the next day or night. Usually involving some form of barbecue sauce and meat and cheese (I love barbecue!). Sometimes I’ll make fried potatoes (or home fries). Then I’m usually sick of potatoes for a while! :) You might try entering potatoes in allrecipes.com and see what comes up (or combine that with frozen to see if you could freeze some).

    Comment by Need A Nap2 — September 26, 2009 @ 11:02 PM

  26. Mmmm, we love potato soup. This looks like a winner!

    Comment by Amy @ Finer Things — September 28, 2009 @ 3:24 PM

  27. I posted a potato soup recipe as well today love it in the fall how great it must be to have a hubby who does projects for you like these

    Comment by angi — September 29, 2009 @ 4:43 PM

  28. I would love for you to link up to Crock Pot Wednesday at diningwithdebbie.blogspot.com. Mister Linky is ready for your favorite slow cooker recipe. Your soup would be perfect for that. Come check it out and bring your hubby along! I have a project or two for him:) Thanks. Debbie

    Comment by darnold23 — September 29, 2009 @ 6:23 PM

  29. First of all, he can really get some “honey do” work done!! Second, the soup looks great!! I am glad you joined us for Tempt My Tummy Tuesday today. I really enjoyed visiting your blog.

    Comment by Lisa@blessedwithgrace — September 29, 2009 @ 8:53 PM

  30. I’m impressed with your hubby’s handiwork! That soup sounds fabulous too. Thanks for sharing with TATT. :-)

    Comment by Cole — September 29, 2009 @ 10:13 PM

  31. What a great hubby you have! And that recipe looks delicious! I have to try it. I have a bunch on my blog and I still have 3 to post! I’d better get typing. LOL

    Robyn
    Mom All Day
    http://momallday.blogspot.com/

    Comment by Robyn - Mom All Day — September 29, 2009 @ 10:13 PM

  32. Thanks for inviting me ~ I’m on my way over! Ever since we moved into a house, he’s just been go, go, go with the projects! Wish list for second home: 2 or 3 stall garage, lol!

    Comment by K — September 30, 2009 @ 1:12 AM

  33. Thank you for checking the blog out! I originally thought that this project would take a couple weeks, but once we got to working on it, D changed it about 56 times, lol. It was just going to be a concrete block fire pit surrounded by river rock – you can see how much evolved from that!

    Comment by K — September 30, 2009 @ 1:18 AM

  34. Thank you! And thanks for visiting :-)

    Comment by K — September 30, 2009 @ 1:19 AM

  35. Scalloped potatoes! I love scalloped potatoes!

    I’m having a Lovin’ on the Crock-Pot Fest over at my blog. Come on over! I think that your potato soup recipe would be perfect. Link on up if you’d like.

    Comment by Bailey's Leaf — September 30, 2009 @ 7:54 AM

  36. Potatoes!!! Man’s favorite food!
    We like to use the skins for yummy potatoe skins.
    I call them twiced baked potatoes.
    I fill them with cheese, bacon, onion….whatever my family thinks will be yummy.

    We enjoy these with just about any meal.

    LOVE YOUR SWING!! Nice hubby!

    Comment by wanda — September 30, 2009 @ 10:51 AM

  37. Thank you!

    Comment by D — September 30, 2009 @ 8:30 PM

  38. Thank you very much!

    Comment by D — September 30, 2009 @ 8:31 PM

  39. Perfect for this time of year! Soup is ideal for fall and he did earn it. Can’t wait to see what you come up with for tomorrow’s Momtrends Friday Food feature. My recipe is pork–until then!

    Comment by Nicole Feliciano — October 1, 2009 @ 1:25 PM

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  41. When it comes to potatoes I’m like Forest Gump’s friend Bubba. “I just looove potatoes! Mashed potatoes, fried potatoes, potatoes au gratin, potato soup…”

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