Description
This High Protein Loaded Potato Soup is creamy, cozy, and satisfying. It’s a lighter, higher protein version of the classic, made with bone broth and cottage cheese.
Prep Time: 30 min | Cook Time: 30 min | Course: Main Course, Soup | Cuisine: American | Keyword: soup | Servings: 8
Ingredients
3tablespoonbutter
1yellow onion,diced (about 1.5 cups)
1carrotdiced (about ½ cup)
2stalkscelery,diced (about ½ cup)
4clovesgarlic,pressed
2.5lbspeeled yellow potatoes,cut into 1 inch pieces (about 6 potatoes)
4cupschicken bone broth
1.5teaspoonsalt
1teaspoonblack pepper
½teaspoonpaprika
2springsfresh rosemary
3springsfresh thyme
2cups4% cottage cheese
½cupchopped chives
1cupcheddar cheese
8slicesturkey bacon(or regular bacon), cooked
Instructions
- To a large pot over medium high heat, add butter. Once butter is melted add onion, carrot, celery and garlic. Saute until onions are translucent in color and garlic is fragrant.
- To the pot add potatoes, bone broth, salt, black pepper, paprika, rosemary and thyme. Stir to combine and turn the heat to high.
- Once boiling, reduce the heat to medium-low and cover. Cook for 10 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender.
- After 10 minutes, remove the rosemary and thyme. Remove from the heat and use an immersion blender to blend until smooth.
- Once smooth, stir in the cottage cheese and blend again.
- Stir in half of the chives, taste and adjust salt and black pepper to taste.
- Serve soup topped with cheese, bacon and additional chives.
Notes
If you prefer you can add additional bacon and cheese directly into the soup!
For added creaminess- top with a dollop or Greek yogurt or sour cream
*I have included an estimation of the the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don’t forget both your body and soul need nourishment!
Nutrition
Serving: 1.75cups | Calories: 340kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 48mg | Sodium: 1115mg | Potassium: 813mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1865IU | Vitamin C: 32mg | Calcium: 182mg | Iron: 2mg
