Colorful Potato Soup

If you are like me, a good hot soup is appropriate on an icy Winter's day. Potatoes, cabbage, red onion and celery sitting very lonely in our refrigerator seem to be saying, "Make me into a nice soup, please" and so they became a nice soup for when Mum gets home from work. I always like colorful food with lots of flavor. Here's how it went (though I'll leave the amounts out...everyone is different so make as much or as little as you like).

Colorful Potato Soup

Chop and Saute until tender:
Red Onion
Celery
Cabbage
Boiled Potatoes

Add:
Garlic powder or fresh minced garlic
Salt
Pepper
Caraway Seeds or
Parsley

When vegetables have become tender then add:
1 part chicken broth
1 part heavy cream or milk

Simmer. Serve with parmesan and toasted bread. Enjoy!

Confetti Potato Salad

I created this fun potato salad several days ago when we had some red potatoes and an abundance of celery. I'll leave the proportions out, because everyone has different taste buds and they might want more or less of something.

Confetti Potato Salad

Red Potatoes - boiled, pealed, and cubed
Red Onion - diced
Celery - diced
Red Bell Pepper - diced
Parsley flakes
Salt and Pepper
Mayonnaise - real!

I imagine black olives or diced eggs would be a nice contribution as well. Just think color and more color. We are done with the old mayonnaise and mustard mix, this is far creamier and looks great on any plate.

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