Potato Surprise Soup
 
         
    1 tbsp olive oil

1 leek, sliced

2 cups chicken broth

1 lb potatoes, diced to medium size pieces

Sausage of your choice

1 cup milk

Salt and pepper

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

In a pot, saute leeks in oil until soft. Add Broth and bring to a simmer while chopping potatoes. Add potatoes, cover, and simmer until potatoes are tender (ten-fifteen minutes). While potatoes are cooking, fry up some sausage. When potatoes are done, puree and add milk. Add salt and pepper to taste. (If too thick, add a little more broth.) Put sausage on the bottom of the bowl, pour soup on top, and garnish with cheese.

(Guy's variation: with milk, add about a third a block of cream cheese and mix in thoroughly. Makes it quite yummy.)

   
Guy Lancaster is the assistant editor of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture and author of the novel, Queen of Purgatory. He lives in Little Rock with his wife, Anna, and two cats.