This Low Point Creamy Potato Cheese Soup is hands down the best lightened up creamy potato soup that you’ll ever make! It’s simple to make and will be hit with the entire family!

Are you looking for great low point soups? Be sure to try these recipes:

Easy Low Point Fire Roasted Tomato Basil Soup

Lightened Chicken and Dumplings Soup

Zero Point Taco Soup

Low Point Creamy Enchilada Soup

Sausage and Rice Soup

How do you make the Low Point Creamy Potato Cheese Soup creamy?

Do you know the secret to making soups creamy? Puréeing the vegetables. In fact, 90 percent of the creaminess comes from properly cooked and puréed vegetables. It is not, a half-gallon of cream.

  Using a food processor or blender can make all the difference in puréeing the soup to the right consistency. I use this Ninja Food Processor/Blender for puréeing my soups. Using a blender or food processor is the best way to puree this soup.

However, an immersion blender will do the job as well. But.. caution needs to be taken to prevent the hot soup from spraying out of the blender.

( Beware… this can happen!)

How do I make this Low Point Creamy Potato Cheese Soup?

In a Dutch oven or large pot melt butter and add diced onion to the pot. Sauté until onions become soft and clear. 

Add garlic and cook for 1 more minute.

Then add diced peeled potatoes, chicken broth, skim or unsweetened almond milk, salt, and pepper.

Stir well.

Bring to soup to a boil and cook until potatoes are tender (about 10 minutes).

Reduce the heat to low and remove 5 cups of the soup.

Divide the 5 cups into 2 servings. Blend each serving in a food processor/blender ( I use this Ninja Food Processor or blender)-until puréed. ( IMPORTANT: be sure to hold the lid tightly and with a hand towel to avoid getting splashed with the hot soup.)

Repeat step for the other serving.

Pour puréed soup back into dutch oven or pot. 

Stir in light cheese and continue stirring until cheese has melted. 

Top with your favorite toppings such as: cooked bacon pieces, cheddar cheese, green onion, and/or non fat sour cream for additional points.

Add additional salt and pepper, to taste 

Makes 8 ( 1 and 1/3 cup) servings

For a more chunkier soup, skip the puréeing and just smash some of the potatoes with the back of your spoon.

Ingredients: 

• 5 medium or 2 1/2 lbs. Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and diced into 1 inch pieces 
• 1 Tbsp Land o’ Lakes light butter made with canola oil
• 1 large yellow onion, diced
• 1 Tbsp minced garlic or 3 garlic cloves, minced 
• 4 cups or 32 oz. low sodium chicken broth
• 2 cups skim milk or unsweetened almond milk (I use skim milk)
• 1 cup fat free or light cheddar cheese – I use Velveeta shreds or Trader Joe’s life 3 cheese blend 
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• Optional toppings: cooked bacon pieces, cheddar cheese, green onion, and/or non fat sour cream. Add additional salt and pepper, to taste 

Directions:

1. In a Dutch oven or large pot melt butter and add diced onion to the pot. Sauté until onions become soft and clear. 
2. Add garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Then add diced peeled potatoes, chicken broth, skim or unsweetened almond milk, salt, and pepper. Stir well.
3. Bring to soup to a boil and cook until potatoes are tender (about 10 minutes).
4. Reduce the heat to low and remove 5 cups of the soup.
5. Divide the 5 cups into 2 servings. Blend each serving in a food processor/blender ( I use this Ninja Food Processor or blender)-until puréed. ( IMPORTANT: be sure to hold the lid tightly and with a hand towel to avoid getting splashed with the hot soup.)
6. Repeat step for the other serving.
7. Pour puréed soup back into dutch oven or pot. Stir in light cheese and continue stirring until cheese has melted. 
8. Top with your favorite toppings such as: cooked bacon pieces, cheddar cheese, green onion, and/or non fat sour cream for additional points.

Makes 8 ( 1 and 1/3 cup) servings

4 Points® per serving

How do I track this recipe in my WW app? 

Click the link below to go to the recipe builder. You’ll first need to sign into your WW account and then the recipe builder will upload. Be sure to edit the recipe with any ingredients that you use that are different. The recipe builder is the most accurate way to create, obtain, and track the Points®

*The recipe builder link only works for WW members located in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, you’ll need to access the WW app manually to create the recipe in the recipe builder. 

Notes:

• For a less creamy and more chunkier soup, skip the puréeing and just smash some of the potatoes with the back of your spoon.