Mom's Potato Soup!

Mom gave me this potato soup recipe and it's so good! This first picture reminded me of "Stone Soup" cause it was so watery, haha! This was me trying to figure out how to take a "good" picture with my point & shoot camera, and everything says "use natural light, only use natural light," and on and on, and I thought that I better take it when the light was coming in through the window instead of at night time when we ate....And, I also really didn't want Ryan to make fun of me for taking it! Can't you just hear him? Why the crap do you have a bowl of soup on a chair in the front room?! haha! So anywho... these first 2 pictures were just for your amusement, or you could say I put them on to contrast how much thicker it is at the end! haha! Yes... that sounds much more professional! haha!

Ta-dah! The finished - and thickened- soup!

Directions:
Bake potatoes (12-14 potatoes- but you can use more or less of course!) at 350 degrees for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Then peel them and dice them (ah-oh...you know what just popped into my head? "boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew!" haha! remember that?) - then stick them in the crock pot and add 2 cans of chicken broth and fill the rest of the crock pot with water. Then you can add whatever seasonings you want! Mom puts in diced onion and salt and pepper, and I of course added Italian seasoning, and garlic. Then you let it cook for a few hours- either on high or low, I've done it on both settings and since the potatoes are already cooked I don't think it matters too much...Then, just before you're ready to eat you add a can of evaporated milk and some potato flakes. Just add as much as you want to make it as thick as you want. But add about 1/4 cup of flakes at a time and then wait just a minute for them to thicken up- then add more if you want!
Love you girl!