Cream Of Spinach And Artichoke Soup My Way

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach
• 3 small red potatoes
• 13 2/3 ounces artichoke hearts (from a can or tin)
• 4 cups chicken stock (2 cans college brand)
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 2 scallions or 1 leek
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1/2 cup idaho potato flakes
• 1/4 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup baby carrots
• 1 tablespoon cilantro leaf, cleaned and chopped up
• 4 ounces laughing cow swiss cheese, 4 wedges
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, grated

Recipe

• 1 clean potatoes (leave the skin on), cut into small pieces, par-boil (don’t overcook), and then set aside.
• 2 for the artichokes drain and squeeze out excess water, cut in half, sprinkle with cinnamon and set aside.
• 3 cut baby carrots into small round pieces and set aside.
• 4 clean scallions or leek, chop and set aside.
• 5 instructions.
• 6 line a metal pan with aluminum foil (for an easy clean-up), add melted butter or margarine and olive oil, add potatoes & artichokes (toss), roast in an oven until tops of vegetables are brown, turn vegetables and brown other side, set aside.
• 7 place frozen spinach in a large pot and cook according to package instructions (add a little water as needed).
• 8 using a hand blender/chopper, chop the cooked spinach a little more (does not have to be finely chopped/pureed).
• 9 add chicken stock, butter or margarine, garlic, carrots, leek (if used) and cook for about 5 minutes. add the potato flakes, heavy cream, nutmeg and cook on low heat for about another 3 minutes, stir often.
• 10 place soup in individual bowls, then add roasted potato & artichokes on top, sprinkle with scallions (if used) and cilantro.
• 11 enjoy!
• 12 note.
• 13 you can roast any number of vegetables to your liking, as a topping for this soup. also, you might want to have on the side a bowl of sour cream for guests/family to add to their individual bowels. plus some warm pita bread or a hard pumpernickel bread would be real nice as well.