Homemade Potato Soup Recipe~ Great to Serve on a Cold Day!!

It has been so cold, I was in the mood for soup last night.  So I threw together some stuff I already had in the house for some homemade potato soup.

It was so yummy, I am about to go heat some up for my lunch!

Ingredients are estimated because I was just adding things and not measuring.

5 potatos .

1 1/2 cup carrot slices ( I used presliced from the store)

1 cup canned corn (or frozen will work)

6cups whole milk (I used whole because I usually cook with whole milk, but you can use whatever you have on hand)

1 to 1 1/2 Tablespoon celery salt

sea salt and fresh groud pepper to taste.

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup sour cream

4 slices of bacon

4 oz cheddar cheese shredded

First cut the potatos.  I used med sized red potatos and didn't peel mine but you can.  Just cut them into chuncks.  Then put in a pot along with carrots.  Add only enough water to cover veggies.  When veggies were soft I mushed some of them a bit so that the chunks weren't so big, and added the corn, and milk.  Also while potatos were boiling I fryed 4 pieces of bacon nice and crunchy then crumbled them added them when I added the milk.  I also added some of the bacon grease.    As the milk starts to warm up mix flour and sour cream together then add to the mix along with your celery salt, salt and pepper. 
You want to simmer it.  You have to keep the heat on low and stir frequently so that it doesn't scald.    About 15 min before soup was done I grated about 4oz cheddar cheese into the soup and stirred it in.
I cooked the soup for probably an hour. 

I also made some homemade chicken salad that I served with the soup. 
You can view that recipe here:

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?memberId=230440&articleId=281474977491083&nav=MyGather

ENJOY!!