This Month's theme in the Recipe Redux Challenge is Spring Clean the Kitchen! The challenge was to use at least 3 ingredients already in your kitchen, rather than going out and buying new ingredients to create a new recipe. I took it a step further and used ONLY ingredients I had on hand, which meant no trips to the grocery store and using up food in my kitchen. DOUBLE WIN!

The main ingredient I wanted to use up were my leeks. I had used them the week before for my husband's birthday dinner (fall of the bone lamb shank). I had always heard of Potato Leek soup so I turned to Pinterest for inspiration. After getting a basic understanding of the recipe process, I decided to add my own twist. I had roasted garlic in the refrigerator as well, so I added that, which gave an amazing flavour to the soup. To give a creamy flavour, I used 3.25% milk instead of heavy cream. 

Overall, Potato Leek Soup is one of those things that seem kind of "meh" at first glance, but one bite and the way these simp...