Bacon and Baked Potato Soup

This sounds like the perfect recipe for a rainy day like today...well, at least this morning!

Ingredients:

1Tbsp. Butter or Margarine
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped celery
1 can reduced sodium chicken broth
1-1/4 cups milk
2 baking potatoes, baked, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
8 slices bacon, crisply cooked, crumbled and divided
3/4 cheddar cheese
2 Tbsp. green onion sliced, divided
1/4 cup sour cream


Melt Butter in heavy saucepan or dutch oven. Add onions and celery; cook and stir 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add broth, milk, potatoes, salt and pepper; bring just to boil, stirring constantly. Slightly crush potatoes with back of spoon (I put them in the blender with the juices to make a puree). Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 5 minutes, stirring frequently.

Reserve 2 Tbsp. each of the bacon and cheese and 1 Tbsp. of the green onions for toppings; set aside. Add remaining bacon, cheese and green onions to soup just before serving; cook until cheese is melted, stirring constantly.

Serve topped with reserved bacon, cheese, green onions and sour cream. Enjoy!

I found this recipe on a site called www.casserolesnotincluded.blogspot.com
It sounds yummy!