This was a throw together of some things I had leftover from other dishes throughout the week.  Although not a new idea as there are millions of cheesy ham potato soups and potato ham and cheese soup recipes out there, but I had these three ingredients left over and threw it altogether for a wonderful meal.

I took my bag of leftover potatoes that were sprouting eyes menacing me from my pantry every time I walked in.   It was almost like their eyes grew bigger and stared right into my soul.   so I said you are gone!   and I peeled them and cut them into large chunks and placed them in my pressure cooker.  I then took a poor lonely onion that had been sitting there by itself for a good two weeks and I diced him and placed him in the pressure cooker as well.   adding just enough water I let this cook (after rattling point) about 5 minutes.   when It was done I stirred and some of the potatoes turned to mush (perfect) and some stayed in chunks.  I diced up my leftover ham and 12 oz of leftover velveeta. (I know who has left over velveeta?  but I really couldn’t eat the whole 12 oz and I bought a large box of it for another meal)  I added bamboo salt (I am sure any sea salt would work) and pepper and let it softly simmer until all was combined.   I had enough water to make it a thick creamy soup but if you don’t you can add more water or milk (since this is not dairy free why not)

Leftover soup is  haunting me as I type this.   I am a sucker for cheesy goodness and this was cheesy goodness wrapped up in a warming soup.   And my fridge is cleaned of the ham and the potatoes no longer “look” at me when I walk into the pantry.    Perfect meal.   Oh and I served this with some home-made bread, neat recipe that reminds us of sourdough.  Not a big fan of sourdough but it went well with potato soup.