Cheddar Potato Ham Soup

[eelo]

Cheddar Ham Soup

Ingredients:

2 cups peeled diced potatoes
2 cups water
½ cup sliced carrot
¼ cup chopped onion
¼ cup butter, cubed
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups milk
1/4 to ½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
2 cups (8 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
1-1/2 cups cubed fully cooked ham
1 cup frozen peas, thawed

Directions:

In a large saucepan, combine the potatoes, water, carrot and onion. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

Meanwhile, in another saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth. Gradually add the milk, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in cheese until melted. Stir into undrained potato mixture. Add ham and peas; heat through.

Yield: 7 servings

[OneRed911]

eelo! Woman...you're gonna make me FAT with all these awesome recipes! LOL

[Laura48]

mmmmm that sounds really good

[eelo]

Originally Posted by OneRed911 eelo! Woman...you're gonna make me FAT with all these awesome recipes! LOL

Most of my recipes come from my school cookbook. I teach the modern-day evolution of Home Ec to behaviorallyc hallenged, way-old-for-grade middle schoolers. I have an arsenal of stuff that has to be able to go from raw to cleaned up in 45 minutes.

[SnowCrystal]

Oh man... that sounds so yummy!