Creamy Potato Soup

Are you sick of all the soup recipes yet?

My husband dropped a subtle hint a few weeks back letting me know that it was soup season. I'm almost positive I had already started making soups at that point in time. However, sitting here now I realize that the soups I had been making were a bit more 'healthy' than the one seen below, and probably a bit too 'healthy' for his liking. I believe the soup below was the soup my husband was hinting at a few weeks ago. According to him this soup is not just good, it's really good. Like, don't even think about touching any leftovers because it already has his name written all over it, good.

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Creamy Potato Soup

(Recipe found here on our cousins' family cooking blog.)

2-3 c. diced or cubed potatoes

1 c. shredded carrots

1 c. chopped onion

½ c. chopped celery

12 oz chicken broth

Put vegetables and chicken broth in pan and add water just to cover vegetables. Bring to a boil and cook for 20-30 minutes until vegetables are soft. Make white sauce and add to cooked vegetables. Keep hot but do not boil.

For the white sauce:

¾ c. butter

¾ c. flour

1 quart half-n-half

2 tsp. salt

2 tsp. sugar

Melt butter and add flour, salt and sugar. Be careful not to burn as it browns quickly. Slowly stir in half-n-half and cook stirring constantly until thick.