Ida Garten's Fridays - Soups, Salads, Sides!

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It's the day after New Year's and after a wonderful meal last night with some of our close friends, I am ready to begin 2014!  Yes, I ate the collards and the peas, but not the hog jowl. Will bacon in the collards suffice for my good luck this year?  I hope so! I figure the year will be pretty much what I make of it and I anticipate a good one.  It is 9:30 this morning and I am sitting here enjoying a most delicious bowl of potato soup.  It's our Fridays with Ina Garten (the Barefoot Contessa) and we are checking out some of her delicious dishes.  I chose her potato soup.  It is very cold here this week and it just sounded warm and comforting.  I made a few adjustments however making the recipe a bit simpler and using ingredients I had on hand.  I left out the leeks, but definitely will put them in next time!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOURS.  May you always have "enough."  Put the past behind you, love, laugh, forgive, enjoy and make commitments you can look forward to!

You can check out Ina's recipe for this wonderful soup here:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-potato-leek-soup-recipe/index.html

Check out what the other cooks made of Ina's this week by clicking on the links below.

If you made an Ina Garten soup, salad or side and you want to join in the linky below please do.  And if you want to join our group, leave a message with our leader, Alyce.


Comments

Mary said…
I love potato soup and I have made this recipe many times. I love the addition of the leaks. I have never eaten it for breakfast though. :-)

January 3, 2014 at 12:48 PM
Rocky Mountain Woman said…
Thanks for reminding me of this soup - I haven't made it in a while and it's one of my favs...
January 3, 2014 at 1:31 PM
Ansh said…
I love leeks and Potato soups. There is something earthy about them.
January 4, 2014 at 8:44 PM
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