Veggie Chowder

Recently Garth, Thomas and I were at Costco where a woman walked up to us and asked me if I would like a free cookbook. It was a very good day. Anyway, one of the best recipes in that cookbook was this one for veggie chowder. It wins on taste and ease.

• 2 Tbsp Butter (or in my case Smart Balance Marg)
  
• 1/4 Tsp Thyme
  
• One Onion chopped
  
• 1.5 cups milk (I used vanilla soy milk and it was really good)
• 2.5 cups water
• 2 bullion cubes
  
• Two Potatoes cubed
  
• 5 cups of Frozen Veggie Medley (I used the Fred Meyer Garden Veggie Medley which has red peppers, a few kinds of beans, broccoli etc. but of course the cook book recommended the costco variety.)
• Salt and Pepper
  

Melt the butter in a soup pot and add the thyme and onion. When the onion is soft add the milk, water, bullion and potatoes and boil. Simmer until potatoes are soft. Then add the frozen veggies and bring back to a boil. Turn the heat to low and take two cups of the soup and put it in the blender and puree. Put the puree back into the soup and serve (salt and peppered) with biscuits. Seriously it's good!! Don't believe Vegan is Gross! It can be Good! Makes enough for 4 servings, and freezes well.