The top vote-getter in our 2005 Soup Cookoff was Jerry Godfrey’s soup, Grandma Approved!
His prize-winning recipe is below.

Grandma Approved!
Ingredients

• 3 lbs. red potatoes
• 1 lb. bacon
• 1/2 large sweet onion
• 2 bunches green onions
• 1 small pkg. 4 cheese flavored instant mashed potatoes
• 16 oz. Half and Half
• 1 stick butter
• Salt and Pepper

Process

• Wash and dice potatoes, put in pot to boil
• Brown bacon and chop finely, put bacon and 1/2 of fat in with boiling potatoes
• Dice sweet and green onions and throw them in the pot
• When these are as cooked as you like, add the other ingredients.

Jerry adds: “Sorry I couldn’t be more precise, but that’s it. I don’t typically use recipes; this time was no exception!”