Simple Slow Cooker Potato Soup

Total Time: 8 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• 12 -18 yukon gold potatoes, diced
• 3/4-1 cup onion, diced
• 2 tablespoons onion powder
• 32 ounces low sodium vegetable broth
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed low-sodium cream of celery soup
• 2 1/2-3 slices turkey bacon, uncured, diced
• 3 -4 garlic cloves
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder
• 1/2-3/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 4 -5 ounces whipped cream cheese

Recipe

• 1 spray the slow cooker, at least 4 quarts in size, with non-stick spray.
• 2 place all the ingredients, except the cream cheese, into the slow cooker.
• 3 mix thoroughly before starting the slow cooker.
• 4 cook on low for 8 - 9 hours.
• 5 blend the final product. (i use a hand blender.).
• 6 fold in the cream cheese just before serving.
• 7 note: i did not peel the potatoes, liking the nutrition of the skin, not minding the darker flecks in the soup.
• 8 note: i add no salt, since there was plenty of sodium from the condensed soup, broth, and turkey bacon, even with the low sodium varieties.
• 9 note: i did not prepare the turkey bacon except to dice it, and i used uncured because that is how the turkey bacon we get at our supermarket comes.
• 10 note: 12 potatoes makes a much thinner soup whereas 18 makes a stew with a mashed potato-like consistency.