3 favorite summer soup Recipes

leeks, chopped (cleaned well but just soaking in some water and letting the dirt or sediment settle to the bottom, 1), sweet onions, cut in half and thin sliced (4 cups approximately ), fennel bulb, and part of the stem the tender part close to the bulb (1/2 to 3/4 cup), potatoes, peeled and diced fine (2 cups), garlic, minced, chicken stock or 4 cups broth, sherry wine, heavy cream, instant potato flakes, kosher salt, ground black pepper, grated nutmeg, fresh parsley, chopped fine (reserve some for a garnish), fresh thyme, fresh rosemary, chopped fine, butter, olive oil, cremini mushrooms, cut in half, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, kosher salt, ground black pepper

potatoes peeled and cubes, cps carrot coins, cps fresh or frozen green beans, cps frozen corn, cps chopped celery, cp chopped onion, chopped garlic, cps sliced zuccini or summer squash, cp diced turnips, cp frozen peas, stewed tomatoes, chopped chilies, pepper or to taste, salt to taste, qts chicken broth or vegetable boulion, juice, kluski or wide egg noodles, salt to taste, sour cream as garnish (optional)