Things Fall Apart (The Potato Soup Recipe)

As much as I would like to convince you that I am to cooking what Snow White is to woodland creatures, I do not have spices and utensils flocking to me as I sing about the wonders of cooking.
Sometimes things go badly.
This month was one of those months.
Things fell apart.

It seemed simple enough.
10 recipes
Most making 4 or 5 of each.
It was just 40 or 50 meals. I do that all the time. What could possibly go WRONG?

The problem started with my menu choices. 10 recipes. 4 that required long stretches in the crock pot, some for 10 hours. How many crock pots do I have? ONE! So that in and of itself meant I could not get done in one day.
No problem! I'll just rock out the beef tips and do the burritos while I wait. I like to roll burritos. Who forgot to make the refried beans (we don't do cans if we can help it in this house!)? ME! Can't do the burritos without doing the beans. Can't do the beans without the crock pot. The crock pot is full of beef tips.
Game Over!
I quit!

I didn't really quit, but I did go steal a friend's crock pot and make my beans (6 hours) so that I could make my burritos.
Then I finished all my chicken dishes only to discover I had 12 pounds of chicken I did not need. What to do? I started looking up chicken dishes I could complete without having to go to the store.
I found some.
Crisis averted.

The final disaster was The Potato Soup. I am ashamed to say that I only finished cooking for this month last night on the 16th because I was too lazy to make the potato soup. I could not find my potato peeler and I hate the other one and so I was pouting and did not want to make it. But finally I did and now, 1/2 way through the month, I am finished cooking.
Just in time to start planning the cooking for April.
Next time I will plan better.

The Potato Soup Recipe
5 pounds of potatoes
1 large onion
4 cloves of garlic
8 cups of chicken broth
16 ounces of cream cheese

Directions
Peel the potatoes and cut in chunks. Cut the onion in chunks. Place all in crock pot with garlic and chicken broth. Cook on high for 5 hours.
When its done turn the heat off, and drop cubes of the cream cheese in. Use an immersion blender to make the soup smooth.
Let it cool and freeze in your containers (I use ziploc bags.)
When you serve it, top with cheese and bacon.