This classic ham and potato soup will warm your soul on those days you just need a yummy bowl of comfort food!
Charlotte is so dang cute. Â She is almost 8 months old now and is crawling all over. (Well, more like inch-worming all over, but it works.) You should have seen her face when she discovered the kitchen the other day.
I am so paranoid that she is going to choke on something and have tried my best to get everything tasty-looking off the floor, (she usually helps me find them, like huge staples from our crappy carpet, and the grout that is coming loose on our entry-way tiles) but yesterday my worst fears came true. Â She was on the floor literally at my feet while I was doing my hair when she started making these awful choking noises. Â I freaked out. Â I flipped her over so that her stomach was on my forearm, tilted her down and started whacking her on the back (don’t judge, I know I was probably doing the wrong thing. Â I need to take a kid-choking class. Â Except that makes it sound like a class where they teach you how to choke kids. Â You know what I mean.) Nothing came out. Â I swept her mouth with my finger. Â Nothing.
But then she started breathing normally. Â I checked her mouth again and again to see if she was still holding whatever it was in there, but couldn’t find anything. Â I guess I’ll never know. Â Scariest moment of my life I think. Â Now I can relate to how my sister Nikki felt when her son was choking on a piece of tape.
How to make Ham and Potato Soup
If you have a life or death situation anytime soon, keep this soup recipe on hand to cheer you up afterward. It comes together quickly and tastes fabulous on a cold day (like the ones we are already having in Utah…)
Ham and Potato Soup
Source: Allrecipes.com
- 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 tablespoons chicken bouillon granules
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground white or black pepper, or to taste
- 5 tablespoons butter
- 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups milk
- 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.
So nice of you to post recipes that people can use in a crisis. I will be trying the ham and potato soup when my husband buys a ham for dinner one night. There is always enough left over to try that recipe.Â
Enjoy the soup Rita! Stay safe!
Amazing and super delicious!!