hi Angela a recipe

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This really does sound good. I try to add a clove or 3 to almost everything I

make.

 

Julie

 

, Angela <angelaamy2001 wrote:

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> hi ya'll, I'm not new but had to rejoin, must have clicked wrong when changing

email prefs! hahaha.

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> My thrown together soup came out really yummy so wanted to share the recipe.

had beautiful bunch of leeks, went through recipe books for ideas and then just

did my own thing.

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> one bunch leeks

> evoo (extra virgin olive oil)

> butter or margarine

> white potatoes - about half a dozen medium size

> sweet potatoes - 2 or 3, one if it's one of the huge ones.

> about the same amount of each kind of tater.

> washed and chopped up, skins on. you can peel if you want, I don't

> cheese, parsley, croutons, chopped green onions, any kind of garnish or none

at all.

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> clean and slice the leeks. actually it's easier to clean them if you slice

first, I do one lengthways slice and then cross ways into a sink or big bowl of

water, swish em around and all the dirt will go to the bottom.

> melt about one tblsp. butter into about 2 tblsp. evoo in a big pot

> saute the leeks till soft ( couple of minutes should do it)

> throw in the chopped taters and enough water to cover. bring to a boil and

then simmer for 45 min to an hour or longer if you're busy doing other stuff

too.

> when the taters are soft put through a blender,I use a wand style blender

right in the pan.

> ladle into bowl, add salt and pepper to taste. I use cayenne instead or black

pepper, gives it a different taste.

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> now that I've typed it out I see this is pretty much a variation of my basic

potato soup recipe, usually use all white taters and onions & garlic. LOL

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Peace,

> Angela

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> great grandma recycled, she called it making do.

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> who I am is fine, it's just this body that's disabled!

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