Creamy Ham and Potato Soup
A hearty meal your entire family will love is creamy ham and potato soup with lots of vegetables. With crusty bread, please!
Combine potatoes onion turkey ham celery carrots asparagus peas and butternut squash in a large pot.
Pour chicken broth and water over mixture; bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to medium and simmer soup until potatoes and squash are tender 10 to 15 minutes.
Stir Italian seasoning white pepper salt and bay leaves into soup and continue to simmer.
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat.
Whisk flour into butter whisking constantly until thickened about 1 minute.
Slowly stir milk into flour mixture until mixture it smooth and thickened 4 to 5 minutes.
Stir milk mixture into soup and cook until thickened and heated through 3 to 5 minutes.