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Instant Potato Soup Gift in a bag
2 cups instant mashed potatoes
1 1/2 cups instant milk powder
2 tbsps instant chicken boullion
2 tsp dried minced onion
1 tsp dried parsley
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1/8 tsp turmeric
1 1/2 tsp seasoning salt
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix. Store in 1 quart jar.
Alternatively, you could divide the mix into small ziploc bags,
adding 1/2 cup to each bag, as a ***** addition to pack with your
lunch.
To Serve:
Place 1/2 cup instant soup mix in a soup bowl, cup or mug.
Add one cup of boiling water and stir until smooth.

About the same as mine though I don't use condensed cream of chicken soup. Wife says it has a "liver" taste so that's that. Leeks are also a better choice than onion if you don't have a good sweet onion.

If your family won't eat celery in soup try what I do and use a can of cream of celery soup. I also use condensed milk rather than whole milk. I also use a whole onion if I don't have leeks as my boys don't like the texture of onions and this way they don't have the texture and love it.

Potato Soup
3 tbsp butter or margarine
1 onion, diced
1/2 cup diced carrot
1/2 cup diced celery
1 clove garlic, minced
4 cups diced potato
2 cups chicken stock
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tsp parsley flakes
2 cups milk
Melt butter. Add onion, carrot, celery & garlic.
Cook until onion is clear.
Add potato, chicken stock, salt, pepper & parsley.
Boil.
Simmer until vegetables are cooked, stirring occasionally.
Add milk and heat without boiling.
Makes 5 cups.
Can sprinkle grated cheese on top.

A girl that I use to work with brought some potatoe soup to work once. She told me how she made it. she added cream of chicken soup to it and something else. If anyone has this recipe will you please post it. Thank you.