3 spinach soup avocado bacon Recipes

shallots, sliced, light olive oil, garlic, chopped or crushed, potatoes, peeled and roughly diced to 2cm, stock , veg or chicken, bacon , cut into pieces (or use lardons), spinach , thoroughly washed, ripe avocado, creme fraiche (to dollop), salt and pepper to taste, handful fresh basil leaves, fresh chives, handful of peas

turkey or chicken meat, boneless, skinless and cut into bite size pieces or shredded (raw is fine, but left over can be used, too... you will just add it at a different time), chicken or veggie stock, water, smoked bacon cut into pieces, onion, diced, diced tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, avocados, cream, dijon mustard, juice from 1 lemon, dried dill, cumin , paprika, black pepper, ground celery or any other of your favorite poultry seasonings(if your meat is already seasoned, you can skip or reduce these...just use your judgment), fresh baby spinach(roughly chopped , if desired), shredded swiss or similar cheese(i used fontina so good!), optional, garlic dill croutons, sourdough baguette, sliced in 1/2 inch slices, butter (i know, but you are making a lb of croutons, so, it s okay ;), dried dill, garlic, minced or 1tsp fresh garlic powder, kosher or sea salt and fresh ground black pepper