{"id":13480,"date":"2012-10-18T15:09:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T20:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=13480"},"modified":"2012-10-19T06:39:28","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T11:39:28","slug":"potato-leek-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=13480","title":{"rendered":"Potato Leek Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>It&#8217;s autumn, and I&#8217;m knee-deep in soup. \u00a0I would much rather sit down to a bowl that I made from scratch than open a can. \u00a0A few days ago I made some cream of broccoli soup for Jordan and me, and a few days before that I cooked up some potato leek soup for my husband and me.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/10\/18\/potato-leek-soup\/img_3373\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13481\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13481\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_3373-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_3373-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_3373-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">We saw so many leeks growing in French gardens during our September bicycle ride there that I made a mental note to cook something with leeks when we returned home. \u00a0I found a great recipe on <a href=\"http:\/\/allrecipes.com\/\">www.allrecipes.com<\/a> and wanted to share it with you.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">POTATO LEEK SOUP<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><\/h3>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>1\/4 tablespoon\u00a0salted butter<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>6\u00a0leeks, trimmed and chopped<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>3 cups\u00a0chicken stock<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>4 large\u00a0potatoes, peeled and cubed<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>1\/2 cup\u00a0heavy cream (I used 2 % milk)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>1 teaspoon\u00a0sea salt, or to taste<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>ground black pepper to taste<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/10\/18\/potato-leek-soup\/img_3374\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13484\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13484\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_3374-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_3374-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_3374-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Directions<\/h3>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3>Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir leeks in the melted butter until softened, about 15 minutes.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Stir in chicken stock and potatoes and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Pour about half of the soup into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel, and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Pour the pureed soup back into the pot.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Stir in heavy cream and season with sea salt and black pepper.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Take care.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Linking to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yZblINStyBE\/UHON7gjgD_I\/AAAAAAAANng\/p-S6-IDFvhw\/s1600\/Inspiration+Friday+Graphic_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-style: initial;border-color: initial;border-width: 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yZblINStyBE\/UHON7gjgD_I\/AAAAAAAANng\/p-S6-IDFvhw\/s400\/Inspiration+Friday+Graphic_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s autumn, and I&#8217;m knee-deep in soup. \u00a0I would much rather sit down to a bowl that I made from scratch than open a can. \u00a0A few days ago I made some cream of broccoli soup for Jordan and me, and a few days before that I cooked up some potato leek soup for my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13480"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13480"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13516,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13480\/revisions\/13516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}