Potato Soup recipe

I promised friends Id post a Potato Soup recipe I used last night. It is YUMMY! Even the kids ate it.

Potato Soup

4 medium stalks of celery cleaned and diced fairly small
1/2 medium onion diced
1 lb of bacon diced and fried (reserve 3 tbsp bacon grease)
2 large baking potato
2 cans of chicken broth
1/2 pint heavy whipping cream
1 cup potato flakes
black pepper to taste

sour cream
shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup green onion diced


In a large soup pot on a medium heat warm bacon fat and add celery and onion.Cook until semi soft (about 15 minutes) Add diced potato and 1/2 of bacon pieces. Pour in chicken broth and add black pepper. Bring to soft boil and cover. Cook until potatoes are soft (about 30 mintues) uncover and allow to cool. Add whipping cream and slowly bring to a slow boil. Right before seving add potato flakes to thicken. Garnish as you would your favorite baked potato with sour cream, shredded cheese, bacon crumbles, and diced green onion.

**The recipe called to add 1 cup of diced carrots when you cook the celery and onion. But my huband thinks carrots are satanic. But I bet they'd add a good flavor.
*** Do NOT salt this soup. The chicken broth and the bacon provide plenty of salt.