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Hearty Potato soup with spinach and leek is for Soup.

Hearty Potato soup with spinach and leek takes several minutes to prepare.

Hearty Potato soup with spinach and leek takes several minutes to cook.

Hearty Potato soup with spinach and leek makes 3 servings.

The ingredients for Hearty Potato soup with spinach and leek are:

1/2 tablespoon butter
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
1 leek, roots and toughest greens removed, thinly sliced (or 1 large onion, chopped)
1-2 cloves garlic, minced
2 large potatoes or 4-5 smaller potatoes (about 1 1/2 lbs), diced
2 cups water,
3 cup chicken broth
10 oz bag of spinach (or 1/2-3/4 lb kale, chopped)
1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
black pepper to taste

Here is how you make Hearty Potato soup with spinach and leek:

InstructionsIn a large pot, melt the butter and warm the olive oil over medium heat. Add the leek and saut? until they begin to soften, and then add the garlic and saut? for another minute.Add the potatoes and enough water or broth to cover by an inch or so ? probably about half the broth. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer and cook until the potatoes are soft.When the potatoes are almost done, warm the remaining water or stock in a separate pot.Using an immersion blender, carefully blend the soup until it thickens but some chunks of potato remain ? or, ladle out about half the vegetables and set aside, pure? the rest of the vegetables and the cooking liquid in a blender or food processor, and then return everything to the pot.Add the spinach and the remaining (and now warmed) water or stock and cook until the kale is soft. Add salt and pepper. Taste to see if you need to adjust any seasonings. Divide into 3 portions and serve!Serving Size: 3 servingsNumber of Servings: 3Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JK3316.

The nutritional information for Hearty Potato soup with spinach and leek is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 3
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 252.9

• Total Fat: 5.5 g
• Cholesterol: 10.2 mg
• Sodium: 1,055.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 45.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 6.5 g
• Protein: 8.6 g

The dietary needs meet for Hearty Potato soup with spinach and leek is Lactose Free