Mashed Potato Soup

Name: Mashed Potato Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 3 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon chopped onion; 1 tablespoon butter; 2 cups milk; 1-1/2 cups mashed potatoes (prepared with milk and butter); 1/2 teaspoon salt, optional; 1/8 teaspoon celery salt, optional; 1/8 teaspoon pepper; 1 tablespoon minced chives

Total Time Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield 3 servings

Test Kitchen Approved

The fastest way to a delicious potato soup is our mashed potato soup recipe. It comes together in 15 minutes, all in one pan, and if you didn't know better, you'd never guess that leftover mashed potatoes are the star of this dish.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon chopped onion
1 tablespoon butter
2 cups milk
1-1/2 cups mashed potatoes (prepared with milk and butter)
1/2 teaspoon salt, optional
1/8 teaspoon celery salt, optional
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon minced chives

Directions

In a saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add the milk, potatoes, salt and celery salt if desired and pepper; heat through.
Sprinkle with chives.

Nutrition Facts

3/4 cup: 192 calories, 6g fat (0 saturated fat), 5mg cholesterol, 401mg sodium, 28g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 0 fiber), 8g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fat-free milk, 1 fat.

You won't recognize the leftover mashed potatoes in this excellent tasting soup from Dorothy Bateman of Carver, Massachusetts. "Topped with chives, it's especially good on chilly fall evenings, she notes.

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