Cheesy Vegetable Soup With Homemade Croutons

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup celery, diced
• 1 cup onion, diced
• 4 chicken bouillon cubes
• 4 cups water
• 3 cups potatoes, cubed
• 1 cup carrot, shredded
• 10 ounces frozen creamed corn
• 10 ounces frozen mixed vegetables
• 10 3/4 ounces cream of chicken soup
• 1 1/2 lbs velveeta cheese, cubed
• salt and pepper
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 teaspoon onion salt
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1 buns or 1 dinner roll

Recipe

• 1 for soup:.
• 2 in a large saucepan, bring the water to a boil.
• 3 add celery, onion and bouillon.
• 4 reduce to medium heat and cook for 20 minutes.
• 5 add potatoes, carrots, corn, mixed vegetables, and soup. cook until the vegetables are tender.
• 6 reduce the heat to low and add the cheese.
• 7 cook, stirring gently until the cheese has melted and the soup is hot. do not boil.
• 8 add salt and pepper to taste.
• 9 serve with croutons.
• 10 for croutons:.
• 11 melt butter in the microwave and sprinkle with onion salt, garlic powder and italian seasoning.
• 12 stir together.
• 13 cut up sandwich bun and stir into butter mixture to coat.
• 14 microwave 1 minute and stir.
• 15 microwave 30 seconds and stir.
• 16 microwave 20 seconds and stir.
• 17 microwave 20 seconds and stir.
• 18 pour onto something cool.
• 19 these crisp up best by making one bun at a time. each bun makes enough for two bowls. you can use any leftover bun, roll, etc that you have.