Cream Of Carrot Soup With Homemade Croutons

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp butter
• 1 small onion chopped
• 1 medium potato chopped
• 1 lb carrots peeled and chopped
• 3 c vegetable stock
• several pinches of sugar
• 23 c half and half
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 1 tsp favorite herb basil or oregano work well
• 2 slices white bread

Directions

1. Melt butter in a pan and saute the onions potatoes and carrots for ten minutes on med low heat
2. Add stock and sugar and bring slowly to a boil
3. Simmer for 30 minutes
4. In a food processor puree soup
5. Return to pan and add half and half Season with salt and pepper and serve