Goldilocks' Gourmet Spinach Soup

Ingredients and Instructions

5 T Butter, sweet

1/4 lb Mushrooms, fresh; washed,

-dried, trimmed & diced 1 Scallion; chopped

5 T Flour, all-purpose

2 c Chicken broth

2 c Milk

1/2 ts Salt; (opt)

Pepper, black Nutmeg, ground; (opt) 1/4 lb Cream cheese; softened & cut

-into cubes 1 c Swiss; grated

3/4 lb Spinach, fresh

Wash spinach; trim, cook, and chop. Melt the butter in a large saucepan. In it slowly saute the mushrooms and scallion until tender. Add flour and stir just until flour is cooked, a couple of minutes. Whisk in first chicken broth and then milk, stirring until thickened. Add salt if desired, pepper, nutmeg if desired, cream cheese and Swiss cheese; stir until melted. Then stir in spinach. Heat and stir very gently. Season to taste. Serve hot.

---*Dying for Chocolate* Diane Mott Davidson