Loaded Baked Potato Soup

[mnm'z]

Lucy, I've never used canned, but part of the flavor of the soup comes from baking the taters... so I've always baked them. I try to plan on having baked potatos the night before for dinner and just bake extra...

CMUgrad - if you could figure out how to keep it above 40, that'd be great! I'd be your forever friend I've heard a sick, sick, sick rumor... we might have snow next month.

Nerdy, you really don't have to brag about your weather.... but honestly it's why I want to leave Michigan. I don't mind the 4 seasons, I just want the coldest one to be the shortest one...

This soup recipe is easy enough to cut in half, because it does make a large amount... I've also served it in bread bowls. YUM!

[nurse334]

hey mnm'z just wondering does it freeze well? it sound delish and I so wanna make some....

[CMUGRAD]

Originally Posted by mnm'z

CMUgrad - if you could figure out how to keep it above 40, that'd be great! I'd be your forever friend I've heard a sick, sick, sick rumor... we might have snow next month.

No! I'm telling your mom! You swore and said the S word!

[mommaof3]

mmmmmmmmmmm....this is one of my favorite and perhaps one of the deadliest soups.... Yum!

[mnm'z]

Originally Posted by CMUGRAD

No! I'm telling your mom! You swore and said the S word!

LOL!

Originally Posted by nurse334

hey mnm'z just wondering does it freeze well? it sound delish and I so wanna make some....

I've never tried freezing it. It doesn't last long enough around here, LOL But because it's a cream based soup, I would think it wouldn't freeze well. Any freezer pro's know differently????? You could just cut the ingredients in half....

[molleey]

I made it the soup the other night, it was easy to make and very good. Thank You

[bethanyam]

This recipe sounds really good. Just a little tip, I make my baked potatoes in the crockpot. I prick them with a fork, rub them with a little butter, and stand them on the ends in my crockpot. I always make enought to fill my large crockpot and can get 8-12 potatoes in there depending on their size. I turn it up on high for about 6 hours. If i'm at home I will check in now and then and when they are "fork tender" I turn the crockpot onto the warm setting to keep them till dinner time. I do this at least once a month for "potato bar" at home.

[mnm'z]

Thanks for the tip Bethany... I'll try that... although with colder weather right around the corner, I like having my oven on. DH is dreading it because I bake a lot.

[bethanyam]

You are very welcome. I like having my oven on as well, but right now I've been getting very creative in making things without it, as my oven is broken. I hate it.

[CMUGRAD]

I made this over the weekend....changed it up a little....

added sauted sliced portabella mushrooms and some bratwursts de-cased and broken up WITH the bacon....it was a "let's see what's in the freezer and fridge that needs to be used up that would go with this" addition, used up some fat free half and half and fat free sour cream too.....oh boy did that turn out wonderful!

we now have lunch's for the week, and a couple of dinners. Good thing we like leftovers at our house and don't mind eating them more than one day in a row.

Thanks mnm's for posting this....