This is the best and easiest base recipe for the soup I wanted. I substituted a few cups of chicken broth for part of the water, and I diced the potatoes instead of slicing and mashing. I also added carrots, garlic to taste, and shredded cheddar. I also chopped up a package of pre-cooked bacon and added it. It was a hit. Everyone had 2 to 3 bowls of it!!
I used half of all the liquids for a thicker heartier soup. Overall it's a very easy and tasty soup to make.
Great basic easy to make with whatever you have on hand! We used cream of mushroom soup b/c it was available & just added various shredded cheeses. For extra seasoning we used half a powder packet of Lipton's Onion & Mushroom soup. So good & will make again.
I added 4 carrots to the soup as well. It made a good hearty meal. It also freezes quite well to store all the left overs. I truely enjoyed this soup. Thank you
Didn't have too much of a cheese flavor. It needs more flavor and too be creamier.
Very good soup but fairly thin if made the way it is written. I would half the cooking liquid next time for a thicker soup. Otherwise very good. Takes alot of salt to season. Cannot really taste the cheddar soup but it thickens it.
Based on the original recipe I have to give one star. A potato cheese soup in my mind should A) be thick like mashed potatos and B) have a cheesy flavor. This had neither. I took the advice of other reviewers and halved the liquid but I still had to add some cornstarch to thicken it something more resembling something you eat not drink. I also had to add a lot of seasoning to make this flavorful and add shredded cheese to the final product. This was really disappointing.
I've made this several times for potlucks and it always gets rave reviews!!!
This is my first recipe here on allrecipe.com! I don't really like thin soups so I read a review on here and just use half of the ingridents it asked for. The Creamy Cheese Soup is what really made it good!!! I will definately be making this again!