Creamy Bean and Bacon Soup

featuring Market Cupboard® Cheesy Potato with Bacon Flavor Soup Starter. Whenever really cold days roll around, I’m all about soup – and lots of it! This creamy white bean and bacon soup is one of my absolute FAVORITES to make. Market Cupboard® Cheesy Potato with Bacon Flavor Soup Starter is the perfect beginning to making this wonderful soup.

Ingredients

• 1 bag Cheesy Potato with Bacon Flavor Soup Starter
• 5 cups water
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1- 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
• 6 oz bacon crumbles
• 1 Tbs oregano
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 2 Tbs chopped parsley
• 2- 15 oz cans navy beans, drained and rinsed

Instructions

1. In a large saucepan, combine Soup Starter mix and water, and stir. Carefully bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
   
2. Add diced tomatoes and bacon crumbles and stir to blend.
   
3. Cook another 5-10 minutes to fully cook dehydrated potatoes.
   
4. Add, oregano, pepper and chopped parsley, stir to blend.
   
5. Add milk.
   
6. Add beans and stir, cooking for 5 more minutes or until soup is heated through. Simple and Delicious!
   

Notes

Cheesy Potato with Bacon Flavor Soup Starter is also available in a 15lb bulk case, item #428066 at www.dutchvalleyfoods.com

A thick, rich bowl of soup is undoubtedly one of the most comforting meals possible on a cold, dreary day. The best part is that every bit of it is easily sopped up with thick slices of crusty bread – yum!