Ranch Style Potato Leek Soup

Mixed Green Salad
Crusty French Bread in the Bread Machine

Potato leek soup is a popular winter soup because it is filling and tasty. This recipe takes things a bit further by adding ranch flavor to the mix.

Soup ingredients:

• 6 russet potatoes, peeled and diced
• 2 leeks, washed and chopped (include the green parts)
• 4 cups of low sodium chicken broth
• 2 cups of evaporated skim milk
• 1 package of ranch style dressing mix
• 1 teaspoon salt

Bread ingredients:

• Flour
• Butter
• Yeast

Salad ingredients:

• Red leaf lettuce
• Iceberg lettuce
• 1 hard boiled egg, chopped
• ¼ cup of grated cheese, any kind
• 1 tomato, sliced
• ½ cucumber, sliced

In the morning:
Place the potatoes, leeks, broth, milk, ranch style dressing mix, and salt in the crockpot.
Stir together and cook on low 8-10 hours.
Put the ingredients for the bread in the bread machine. Set to the delay bake option.

In the afternoon:
Prepare the salad.
Remove the bread from the machine and allow it to cool a few minutes.
Smash the potatoes and leek with a potato masher before serving.

My family enjoys grated cheese on top of the soup.

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