6 blue cheese potato bacon soup Recipes

turkey bacon (1 oz. total), chopped, olive oil, onion (about 8 oz.), peeled and chopped, tart apple (about 8 oz.), such as fuji, peeled, cored, and sliced, minced garlic, dry white wine, skinned potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch chunks, salt, apple cider or juice, low-fat (1%) milk, crumbled blue cheese (about 1 1/2 oz.), ground nutmeg, pepper, minced fresh chives

unsalted butter, garlic, finely chopped, carrot, finely chopped, rib celery, finely chopped, onion, finely chopped, all-purpose flour, salt and freshly ground black pepper, chicken stock , plus more if needed, whole milk, light-bodied beer, russet potatoes, peeled and chopped, grated extra-sharp cheddar (about 8 oz), hot sauce, worcestershire sauce, sour cream, for topping, bacon , cooked crisp, for topping, chopped fresh chives, for topping, spinach salad with spiced pecans, for serving, recipe follows, spinach salad, unsalted butter, ancho chile powder, kosher salt, ground cumin, smoked paprika, freshly cracked black pepper, pecan halves, balsamic vinegar, dijon mustard, shallot, minced, olive oil, sugar, kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper, prewashed baby spinach, bacon, cut into 1/4-inch pieces, fried crisp, crumbled blue cheese, halved cherry tomatoes

unsalted butter, yellow onions, thinly sliced, minced garlic, yukon gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks, salt, freshly ground black pepper, cayenne, bay leaf, chicken stock, light cream, heavy cream, crumbled roquefort cheese , , or other creamy blue cheese, chopped fresh thyme, tawny port, bacon, cooked and crumbled

bacon slices, chopped onion, leek (white and pale green parts only), chopped, celery stalks, chopped, carrots, peeled, chopped, canned low-salt chicken broth, potato (about 10 oz), peeled, chopped, dry white wine, blue cheese, crumbled