Celery and Potato Soup

I was looking for a soup that would be beneficial for your health, especially when one had a cold. This recipe appeared on the web and looked like it would fit the bill.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 2  tablespoons olive oil
• 1  small onion
• 1  leeks or 1  bunch green onion
• 6  stalks celery
• 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1  medium potato
• 4  garlic cloves
•  bay leaf
•  parsley
•  thyme
• 7  cups water or 7  cups  chicken stock

Directions

1. Chop onion, Green Onion and Celery. Heat Oil and cook veggies for ten minutes. Make sure not to color veggies while cooking. Make a garni of 2 sprigs of parsley and thyme and one bay leaf. Add water or chicken stock, I used one can of chicken stock and the rest water. Add potato and garlic which have been halved. Cook 30-40 minutes adding additional salt and pepper for taste.When soup is done remove garni and blend the whole soup. If there is strings from the veggies you can strain. Reheat. Make garnish from piece of celery for the top of soup when you serve, by making tiny strips not slices.