Thanksgiving (A little late!)

Hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving! We made a quick trip to Statesboro to see everyone and enjoy a Southern feast before coming back to Atlanta for a wedding weekend! More on that later. We had a busy month followed by a month of catching up (hence the blogging break), and now we're in full holiday/year-end mode. 

It's the most wonderful (and busy) time of the year! :)

Fully Loaded Baked Potato Soup

We had this soup last week, and I already want to make it again! Yum. It was a perfect fall dinner, so I thought I would share!

{Tasty Kitchen: Fully Loaded Baked Potato Soup}
A few notes:

• I baked the potatoes (in foil) while we were hanging out over the weekend. I put them in the fridge until we were ready to make the soup. That's the most time consuming part of the recipe, so you can save a lot of weeknight time by doing it in advance.
• I used six small/medium potatoes, and the soup was plenty thick.
• Since she says to drain all the bacon fat, I would recommend just going ahead and making the bacon in the microwave (or oven). It didn't add much flavor to the actual soup, and it was a pain getting that much bacon grease* out of a hot, heavy pot.
• The pictures show a blending step, but it's left out of the instructions. You'll definitely want to blend it.
• We did not bother frying up the potato skins. Save a few calories and just put them on top as-is.
• The Greek yogurt is such a good addition! Don't skip it.

*And most importantly: Never try to drain hot bacon grease into a Solo cup.

We Voted

It took waking up in the 5 o'clock hour on a Friday morning, angling for the very last free parking space, and waiting outside in the pre-dawn cold for almost 45 minutes, but...

...we voted!

Have you? :)