Being a healthy eater sometimes means words like “salt,” “cream of” and “bacon” are eradicated from your vocabulary. Well not with HomeMade Healthy! For this episode we are delivering a loaded soup made to satisfy your taste buds in the coldest of winters. Enjoy!
Loaded Baked Potato Soup
Serving Size: 4
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Calories: 295
Ingredients:
Baked Potatoes (12 oz), cut into 4ths
¼ Cup Chopped Onion
2 cloves minced garlic
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 ½ cup 1% milk (organic or smart balance)
½ cup fat-free half and half
1 tablespoon Wondra
¼ cup low fat sour cream
4 slices low sodium bacon
1 cup reduced 2% Milk cheddar cheese
½ cup sliced scallions
Directions
In a medium pot, boil the potatoes for about 10 minutes. Heat the olive oil in a pan; add onion and garlic, and sauté until soft. Add in the half and half, milk gently stir and simmer for about 5 minutes. Add the Wondra flour and whisk to incorporate. Mix in the cheddar cheese. Chop the potatoes in cubes, mashing slightly. Add them to the mixture and gently stir. While this simmers for about 15 minutes, cook the bacon. Dice the scallions into medium-thin rounds. Top the soup with sour cream, bacon, and scallions
Light Salad:
Serves: 4
Prep time: 5 minutes
Total Calories: 90
Ingredients:
1 bag field greens
1 pear
1 oz cup dried cranberries
8 Tablespoons fat-free vinaigrette
Place about 1 cup of field greens on a plate. Top with three slices of pears and about ½ oz of dried cranberries. Pour two tablespoons of fat-free vinaigrette, raspberry or red wine are recommended.
As usual you guys did an amazing job! This soup looks so yummy; however, I’m one of the select few that absolutely can’t stand bacon bits or bacon flavored anything. Is this soup just as flavorful without the bacon? In other words, could I go about making the same product in the same exact way you guys did, but just without adding bacon in?
Can’t wait for next week!
Thanks for the compliment Steph. How do you not love bacon?! Sheesh, what am I to do with you? Actually I think if you took the bacon out, it wouldn’t change the taste too much, but I would probably add a little salt for the same general taste. Not to much though!
This sounds really good. I bet you could cut the calorie count by a fair amount by substituting skim milk for the 1%, without losing any flavor.
The only thing with that is, you’d be sacrificing creaminess. It was even a little water-y without the cheese. You can cut calories but not using sour cream though, and bacon which enhances the taste rather than alters the consistency of the recipe!