Celestial Potato Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
2 carrots, grated
1 rib celery, finely chopped
1 turnip, peeled and diced
3 Tbsp. minced onion
1 Tbsp. dried vegetable flakes
salt and pepper to taste
3 Tbsp. butter
2 Tbsp. flour
1 1/2 c. milk
1 1/2 c. sour cream
3 slices bacon, fried and crumbled

Preparation

Combine potatoes, carrots, celery, turnip, onion, vegetable flakes, salt and pepper; cover with water and simmer 30 minutes. In another saucepan, melt butter and stir in flour; add a small amount of liquid from potato mixture to form a paste.
Cool and stir in milk and sour cream.
When vegetables are cooked, mash or puree them and add flour and milk mixture.
Do not boil.
Serve; sprinkle with bacon.
Serves 6.