Grant's Suggestion

My parents-in-law left for vacation in Hawaii last Monday.  I mention this not to make everyone in the mid-Atlantic region feel sad about the impending snow predicted for Monday, but because it means I have access to their crock pot for two weeks and can really start to pare down the number of pending crock pot recipes to try from the Wil Research Cooks cookbook.

This morning I was going through possible crock pot recipes today and my son randomly suggested a potato soup.  Coincidentally, there is a crock pot potato soup recipe in the Book, so we made Cheryl's Slow Cooker Cheesy Potato Soup (p. 21).  My daughter and I ran out to the store to buy all necessary ingredients, then rushed home to set it up before I had to leave for lunch with some current and former QS Pharma employees.  The set up was easy.  All I had to do was cut up a little bit of onion (didn't skip on that this time!) and celery, and then basically dump all the ingredients in the crockpot (crowned with a stick of butter), turn it to low, push it as far back on the counter as possible to discourage the dog, and I was done.  I went off to my lunch, which was long and lovely and full of great company.

How lovely to come home and not have to worry about dinner!  This crock pot thing is fabulous, I just wish there were more recipes for more like 12 hours of crock pot time, then we could make dinners this way during the workweek. 

Here is a picture of the soup:

Not really an impressive photo but it was cheesy and delicious, and we all ate it, except Grant (who suggested it in the first place!).  Grant ate the bread I served with it.  Nonetheless, this is a super simple, delicious dish, perfect for a winter's day.