Potato Soup

Ingredients:
12 slices Bacon, diced
1 onion, diced
5 large Russet potatoes, peeled and cubed
3 c. chicken stock
3 T. butter
3 T. flour
1 1/2 c. milk
2 oz. reduced fat shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 t. black pepper
Sour cream and green onions for garnish, optional
Directions
1. In a large stock pot, cook bacon until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon to drain and set aside. Cook the onions in the pot for about 5 minutes, until tender.
2. Add potatoes and chicken stock to pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium and simmer about 20 minutes, until potatoes are tender. With a slotted spoon, remove a few scoops of potatoes. Place in a bowl and mash with a fork. Set aside.
3. In a small sauce pan, melt butter. Stir in flour and cook for 2 minutes. Whisk in milk, bring to a boil and simmer until thickened. Slowly stir in to stock pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer. Stir mashed potatoes back into pot.
4. Add 1/2 c. shredded cheese and the reserved bacon to pot. Stir to combine. Cook an additional 5 minutes.
5. To serve, top soup with some shredded cheese, bacon, green onions and sour cream.

Pork and Mango Lo Mein

Ingredients:

3 large pork chops
2 mangoes
Chinese-style noodles
1 inch piece ginger, grated
2 cloves garlic, chopped fine
Soy sauce
Sesame oil
Rice vinegar

Pork breading:
1 cup flour
1 T salt
1 tsp liquid smoke (optional)
2 t garlic salt
1 t ground mustard
1 t Chinese five spice
1 T sesame oil



Directions:
1. Cut pork into bite sized pieces. Mix pork breading ingredients together in a gallon-size bag. Add pork and shake well. Dump pork in a strainer and shake to get extra flour off.
2. Heat wok with 2 T oil. Put meat in and cook through. Set meat aside.
3. Bring noodle water to a boil. But don't put in noodles yet.
4. Dice mangoes. Add a little more oil to wok, and cook ginger and garlic for 3 minutes, being careful not to burn. Add mangoes and stir for one more minute.
5. Cook noodles being careful not to overcook.
6. Add meat back to wok. When noodles are done, ladle them out, draining the water and add to wok.
7. Add pork back to wok, and add soy sauce, sesame oil, and rice vinegar to taste. Stir fry together until done.
enjoy