Easy Creamy Crab And Asparagus Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 slices bacon, diced small
1/2 cup minced onion
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/2 cup yellow bell pepper, diced
1 cup diced potato
3/4 cup asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1/4-inch pieces
8 ounces crabmeat
2 cups skim milk
1 cup half-and-half
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Preparation

Cook and stir the bacon and onion in a saucepan over medium-high heat until the onion is translucent, 7 to 10 minutes.
Stir the garlic and yellow bell pepper into the bacon mixture; cook and stir together another 2 minutes.
Mix the diced potato, asparagus, crabmeat, skim milk, half-and-half, salt, and black pepper into the bacon mixture; bring to a simmer, reduce heat to medium, and cook until the potatoes are tender, 20 to 30 minutes.