Potato Soup with Bacon and Cheddar

A creamy hot potato soup blended with baked russet potatoes, cheddar cheese, sautéed onion, dill and cooked bacon.

Ingredients

2 cups	480 ml	milk
340 g		russet potatoes, baked, halved (about 2 medium), divided use
80 g		shredded cheddar cheese, divided use
2 Tablespoons	30 ml	chopped onion, sautéed
1/2 teaspoon	2.5 ml	dried dill weed
1/2 teaspoon	2.5 ml	salt
28 g		bacon, cooked

Place the milk, one potato, half of the cheese, onion, dill and salt into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure the lid.
Select the Hot Soup Setting, or blend on HIGH for 5 minutes (non-preset Vitamix models).
Switch machine to Start and allow machine to complete the programmed cycle.
Select Variable speed 1.
Switch machine to Start and remove the lid plug. Add the remaining potato, bacon and cheese through the lid plug opening.
Blend an additional 10 seconds.