Creamy Potato & Spinach Soup

Fall is very quickly turning into more winter-like weather where I live, and while we keep bone broth based soups on our weekly menu even through the summer, there are a few soups I reserve for us to enjoy during colder weather.

Potato soups are well known for the winter comfort they bring. I have a couple potato soups up my sleeve but this is the one I make most often.

It is creamy enough to feel comforting, but also light enough (and budget friendly enough!) that we can have it on a regular basis. Many potato based soups are loaded with bacon and cheese (which…YUM!), but my food budget doesn’t always allow for that splurge.

This is every bit as creamy and indulgent feeling without using any cheese or milk. Take an immersion blender to cooked potatoes and you’ll have a creamed soup in an instant!

Before you wonder if the flavor is compromised with so few ingredients, hear me out.

I am on a mission to show people that it is all in the way you cook the soup that determines the flavor. Get some onion and garlic down in the pot with that butter and potatoes before you hit it with the broth, and you will be blown away at the flavor.

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Tips:

• This batch makes enough for my family of 5 to have 2-3 lunches worth. You can certainly double batch it and store in the freezer.
• This is such a great one to make up and then keep warm in a slow cooker for a family gathering, baby shower, or potluck! It is so budget friendly too! This batch will fit in a medium sized slow cooker, or you can double batch it for a larger slow cooker.
• Don’t forget the kiddos! Spinach is virtually tasteless wilted into a soup, and it digests better cooked with friendly fats anyway! Its a great way to get that into their diet. This soup has been a popular request for my kindergartener’s school lunchbox thermos.
• I use this immersion blender for my soup making – I really use it almost weekly!
• It is so worth making your own bone broth for your soup making. It adds a level of nourishment you won’t find in store bought broth, as homemade bone broth will be loaded with minerals and protein packed, gut healing gelatin. I make bone broth once a month in a large batch and then I have a good 2 plus gallons of broth in the freezer to pull out quick.

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