70 degrees here.....1/17/19

and even tho it's so warm,

I was SOUP hungry...

and I had a few potatoes that needed to be used  RIGHT NOW.

so....

POTATO SOUP it was.

I bought these little 

RABBIT 

napkins several years ago to use at

EASTER....

I think he is so adorable, I almost framed one...

(and I still may)

We make all kinds of POTATO soup around here....

sometimes with SOUTHERN HASH BROWNS ( Paula Deen's recipe)...

in the crock pot and it's really good.

 ♥ ♥ ♥

 Sometimes we add celery and even carrots .....

One of my favorites is just plain POTATO SOUP.

I leave the peeling on if it's the thin skinned potatoes, like GOLD....

Lots of vitamins in those potato skins...

and they taste so good.

I just used large pieces of Gold potatoes in this batch...

lots of butter

salt and pepper

caramelized shallots for LOTS of flavor....

and milk.

Very much in the same way as my mama did...💖

I've had a box of HATCH CHILI BISCUIT MIX

for awhile and wanted to bake them to go with my soup.

They turned out good...

I added lots of grated Cheddar....

but not nearly enuf peppers in them for my taste.

and

like all drop biscuits, they were very crumbly...

I just put butter on top instead of trying to slice them.

I assumed they would have SOME heat but.....nope.

I only baked 4 for myself and put the rest of the dough in the freezer.

I'll add more peppers to them.

 

Of course, you can add all kinds of goodness to

BISQUICK baking mix.....