Happy New Year!

The New Year usually brings resolutions to eat healthy, exercise and take care of oneself better than the previous year.  I no longer make resolutions but I try to be mindful of better choices.  I make this potato soup as a comfort food but it is actually a healthy alternative.

Potato Soup

• 2 C. Chicken broth (more or less just needed to cover potatoes)
• 2 stalks of celery diced
• 1 onion diced
• 2 ½ to 3 lbs. of peeled diced potatoes
• 2 T. butter
• 2 T. flour
• 2 C. fat free milk
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. celery salt
• Fresh ground pepper

Put potatoes, onion, and celery in a large saucepan or soup pot.  Cover with chicken broth, add salt, celery salt and pepper.  Bring to a boil then reduce heat to simmer.  Simmer for approximately 10 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender but not falling apart.

While the potatoes are cooking make your easy white sauce in the microwave.

Melt the butter, add the flour and salt and pepper to taste, mix well with whisk.  Microwave the flour “roux” for 2 minutes. Whisk again.  Now add the milk and whisk again.  Microwave for 5 minutes stopping once to whisk.  You should have a slightly thickened white sauce.  Add this to cooked potatoes and mix well, taking care not to mash the potatoes.  You now have a delicious low calorie but filling soup.  Perfect for the arctic cold headed our way.

Enjoy!