Wash, peel (or leave skin on if you prefer), and chop potatoes into bite sized pieces. Boil potatoes until tender and drain. Then put them in a large pot.
Chop the leeks. Do not use the green ‘leaves’ of the leeks.
They should look like this when you’re done.
Add about 1 Tbsp coconut oil or olive oil to a hot pan. When oil is hot add the leeks. Saute until tender. Add the minced garlic the last 30 seconds of cooking. The leeks should look like this when they’re done.
Add the broth, water, leeks, and garlic to the pot with the potatoes.
Add parsley, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes (optional), and cream.
It should look like this.
This is great garnished and served with chives, sour cream, fresh parsley….but, of course, we were out of all those. It was still yummy!