Heavenly Sweet Potato Potato Soup

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Rich and thick. Almost a stew,it makes a great light winter meal. Uses 1 pot and 1 cutting board and a salad bowl, easy on the clean up i added a dollop of sour cream and a sprig of parsley for presentation. sides spinach salad whole grain rolls.

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Steps

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Roast the sweet potato in its jacket.

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I roasted mine until it was carmelized and the skin very loose.

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Saute onions and pressed garlic for about 3 minutes over medium high heat.

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Add potato and saute for another 3 minutes.

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Add broth , spices , and sweet potato.

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Simmer until potatoes are soft.

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Meanwhile assemble the salad ingredients (do not add dressing until served.

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The whole grain rolls can be wrapped in tinfoil and warmed in the oven.

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Remove from burner , mash soup with potato masher.

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Add half and half.

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Reheat but not to a boil.

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Serve soup in soup bowls with a dollop of sour cream or yoghurt in the middle and a sprig of parsley salad can be served out of a salad bowl or on side plates with warmed rolls.

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Ingredients

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sweet potato, olive oil, onion, garlic cloves, white potato, chicken broth, thyme, cayenne pepper, salt & pepper, half-and-half cream, baby spinach, red leaf lettuce, black olives, green olives, marinated artichoke hearts, herb salad dressing