myWW Recipe of the Day: Skinny Slow Cooker Potato Artichoke Soup
This easy creamy low-fat potato artichoke soup makes a simple weeknight supper when served with salad and warm crusty bread.
We love potatoes and artichokes, so I was pretty sure we would like this soup when I spied it in Twelve Months of Monastery Soups (affiliate link), one of my favorite resources for simple nourishing soups.
I ended up making lots of changes in the process of adapting the original recipe for the slow cooker, almost beyond recognition.
That's really what simple wholesome home cooking is all about—taking an idea or recipe and making changes to suit your needs, tastes and what you have available.
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Potato Artichoke Soup?
This slow cooker potato artichoke soup turned out creamy and surprisingly flavorful, given its simple ingredient list.
It was very easy to toss together too.
Each satisfying 1-¼-cups serving has 134 calories and:
4 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
4 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
1 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
3 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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Mom, Rod and I all gave this potato artichoke soup high marks.
Recipe Notes
I stirred in a half cup of fat free half-and-half at the end, but feel free to substitute your dairy or nondairy milk/cream of choice.
To spice things up, you might want to consider one of the following stir-ins or toppings:
- Pesto
- Crushed red pepper flakes
- Grated Parmesan
- Croutons
- Olive tapenade
Enjoy!
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Slow Cooker Potato Artichoke Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 all purpose potatoes, peeled and cut into ½-inch pieces
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 can (about 14 ounces) artichoke hearts, drained well and chopped
- 4-½ cups chicken broth or vegetable broth (affiliate link)
- 1 bay leaf
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ cup fat-free half-and-half
- 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice, optional at the end
Instructions
- Ideal Slow Cooker Size: 4-Quart.
- Combine the potatoes, onion, artichoke hearts, broth, bay leaf and pepper in the slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours, or on HIGH for 4 to 5 hours, or until the potatoes are very tender.
- Puree the soup in batches in the food processor (affiliate link) or blender (affiliate link). Or use a hand held immersion blender (affiliate link).
- Return mixture to the slow cooker if you used a blender (affiliate link)/food processor (affiliate link). Add the half-and-half and continue to cook until heated, 5 to 10 minutes more.
- Taste and add salt and pepper to taste. If you feel the soup needs some brightness, stir in fresh lemon juice to taste. (We didn't think it needed it.)
Recipe Notes
- Pesto
- Crushed red pepper flakes
- Grated Parmesan
- Croutons
- Olive tapenade
Recipe source: Twelve Months of Monastery Soups (affiliate link) by Victor D'Avila-Latourrette
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
More Easy + Healthy Recipes Using Artichokes
- Easy Skinny Artichoke Soup that comes together in minutes
- Artichoke Soup using fresh artichoke hearts from Simply Recipes
- Creamy Artichoke Soup from Giada DeLaurentiis for The Food Network
- Two Bean Artichoke Salad with just 5 common ingredients
Martha is the founder and main content writer for Simple-Nourished-Living.
A longtime lifetime WW at goal, she is committed to balancing her love of food and desire to stay slim while savoring life and helping others do the same.
She is the author of the Smart Start 28-Day Weight Loss Challenge.
A huge fan of the slow cooker and confessed cookbook addict, when she's not experimenting in the kitchen, you're likely to find Martha on her yoga mat.
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sylvie
I cook nearly the same but I use a pressure cooker, I'm a bad girl!
Martha McKinnon
Hi Sylvie, my sister loves her pressure cooker, but I seem to gravitate to the slow cooker. I love that there are so many ways to prepare nearly the same dish to meet our cooking styles!
Maria
sounds delish!
wonder how it would taste with a sweet potato added in