Too salty for my taste, and I didn't even add any extra salt.

This soup was DELICIOUS! It was a hit with my husband as well. I only gave it 4 stars, however because I added an extra cup of milk and it was still a very very thick soup. I think had I added only what the recipe called for, it would have been too thick. Next time, I'm going to double the recipe so we have more leftovers! :)

I have made this a few times and its just awesome! Everyine eats it including our 6 year old. I do double the water, bullion and milk mixture and it still turns out great and on top of that its cheap and easy to make!

Delicious. I used leeks instead of celery.

This is really good. I did double the recipe, added garlic and another cube of boullion. Definetly will make again and I can't wait for leftovers!

I made this using the lower fat options. It turned out great. Hubby and kids loved it. I did make a few changes. I used another reviewers suggestion of frozen cubed potatoes and this helped with prep time. Even threw in a bag of southwestern hashbrown potatoes and one regular cubed potatoes. Turned out great. I did double everything and added about 2 cups more water. I cooked it for 1 hour to help reduce it and added the cheese at the end. Used low fat sour cream, skim milk and 2% shredded cheese. I also threw in a can of corn after draining. Very easy and quick meal!

This is such a simple, easy to make soup that tastes so so GOOD! I used cheddar as i'm not in America. Also added some chopped Zucchini and smoked salami as that was what i had then. i've made many soups and for some reason, they don't turn out that good...this IS DEFINITELY A KEEPER!

I would like to give this soup 5 stars but it wouldn't be fair since I didn't have some ingredients. I had carrots instead of celery and cheddar cheese inplace of american. I also added some heavy cream (along w/ the milk) that was in the fridge that needed to be used up before it went bad. The soup did not need salt especially since there is a lot of sodium in the bouillon and ham. Before adding the milk, cheese and ham, I mashed some of the potatoes to make the soup thickier!

This recipe was great! I did modify it to my family's taste. I omitted the ham and instead of american cheese I used pepper jack to give it a little kick. Yummy!

loved it.

This was a great soup for the left over ham from Easter. Very Tasty. As an observation most of the potatoes cook down to make the soup very thick. Hubby loved it (you know---meat and potatoes!). Like most of the other reviews I added more water to boil the potatoes and added some chicken stock at end to thin soup out. For appearance sake I added carrots and a few cooked broccoli florets at the end. Also just a splash of Tabasco sauce and a dash of white pepper-gave it a kick.

Pretty good but I found that the cheese was the predominate flavour. Next time I might use less or none at all and let the potato and bacon (I didn't use ham) be the main attraction.

This is a great recipe. I'm already making it again for a soup and sandwich lunch. Has a good kick. I added a bit of chilly powder also.

Great recipe and just enough, if you like leftovers you might want to double the recipe. I will make again and again and again.... Thanks!

Yummy! As others before me, I also added carrots to the vegetable mixture. I did not have American cheese so I used medium cheddar and it turned out great. I will definitely make this again!

I made this soup last night to serve along with some sandwiches and the end result was pretty good but I changed the recipe substantially. I added carrot to the vegetable mixture and I sauteed the carrot, celery and onion in some EVOO before adding the potatoes. I used chicken broth instead of water (probably closer to 2 cups). I used about 1 cup of cheddar cheese for the processed stuff and I left out the ham (added some crispy bacon on top just before serving). The end result was pretty good and it doesn't make a huge pot of soup which is nice.