Crock Pot - Creamy Potato Soup - (w/Pic)

I work from home on Fridays, so I always try to find something easy I can throw in the crock pot in the morning so that when my husband comes home at night, he thinks that I worked so hard slaving over dinner AND work. Poor me. (Remember, i'm pregnant so I'm emotional, hungry, psycho, happy, and angry all at once).

I went browsing online for a crock pot recipe and I really was craving a potato soup. Like a creamy baked potato soup. And oh boy did I find the perfect one! It turned out so good that it's kind of dangerous for 2 reasons. 1) It's really not all that healthy (so don't stab me for posting it, I had to share) and 2) I can.not.stop.eating.it.

Did I say this soup isn't healthy? It has carrots in it, doesn't that automatically make it healthy? :bigsmile: Okay, the truth is, it's really not, it's this pot of creamy goodness, but if you exchange some of the ingredients I added for the lower fat portion, I bet it would be just as good! I didn't do that because my brain at the moment was only thinking of soup and not cutting down calories. So you give it a try and let me know how it turns out! And let me tell you, this sucker is FILLING!

Serves 8 and my calculations based on the full fat version is 325 calories per cup!

Ingredients:

8(ish) Potatoes (I used Idaho), chopped into bite sized pieces
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup (You could use the fat free kind)
4 cups water
3 Chicken bouillon cubes
1 medium onion, chopped
2-4 carrots, chopped
1-2 stalks celery, chopped
3 green onions, chopped
1 8oz. block Cream Cheese, chopped into cubes (use the 1/3 less fat kind)
1/4 cup Sour Cream (again, there is a light kind)
2 tsp. garlic powder (I also used fresh garlic too!)
1 tsp. onion powder
1 1/2 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. salt

Pay really close attention to this part because this is where it gets exciting! Throw all the ingredients, every last bit of them, in the crock pot, crank that sucker on low and wait 8 to 10 hours. (Stir every once in a while) OR, if you are impatient like me, put it on high and go back and forth into the kitchen once and hour for 5 hours taking a bite to see if the soup is ready! But really, 5 hours works on high!

Because food is the only thing I think about these days, I ate french bread with mine. You don't have to, it's just as good. Oh and did I mention I sprinkled some cheddar cheese on top? (Don't they have fat free of this too?!) :blushing:

P.S. I ate 2 bowls yesterday and had dreams about the soup all night so I had it as soon as I woke up. I'm serious. It's just wrong, but so right!

Here's a picture



And here is where I got the recipe from: http://hopealicious.blogspot.com/2010/12/creamy-potato-soup.html

Enjoy people!