What the Awesome Soup?!

So, I mentioned the beautiful basket in the last post and how I am going to be trying new recipes with all the glory inside.  Here is tonight's creation:

Yam & Potato Soup

1 medium potato, cubed
1 medium yam, cubed

15 oz reduced-sodium chicken broth

1 clove garlic

dash pepper

1/4 c chopped onion

2 T carrot
3 T celery

2 c milk

2 T cornstarch
1/4 c cold water

Put the orange ingredients in a potpan on medium-low.  Simmer until yam and potato are soft.

Meanwhile, sautee the green ingredients in a small amount of olive oil.  Add to the orange ingredients.

Add the blue to the orangreen.

Heat until a slight boil, but not enough to curdle the milk.

Mix the purple ingredients within themselves.  Slowly add the purple to the blorangreen and let it thicken.  This should happen quickly.  

Serve the yumminess.  It makes about 8 cups--so it will serve 4-5 people (more if you have a salad with it).

Best part?  

(There are too many!)

1-this is a vegetarian dish!  I have been thinking a lot about eating meat sparingly, and I am hoping to find some great satisfying meals with all the baskety goodness.

2-there is only 180 calories in one serving.  

3-Since it is a veggie dish, you are getting veggies.

4-low in cholesterol

5-although it is high in sugar for the caloric intake, it is so filling that it is a carb-friendly dish.  27 net carbs per serving!

I also grilled some yellow squash to have with my dinner, and it was perfect.

You could make this ahead of time, too--if you jar it up with everything but the milk and cornstarch, you would just heat it up and add those later.

Yum Yum Yum!