Kelly Trepp, Author

A photographer I am not. As the weather turns cooler with winter's approach, I turn to cold weather recipes to warm up the Hubby and I. I saw this recipe for Lightened Loaded Potato Soup on Pinterest , and I had to give it a try! I made my own modifications to the recipe, of course. For starters, sour cream had to be removed from the ingredient list as Hubby despises mayonnaise, salad dressings, and generally anything white and creamy. This includes sour cream, unfortunately. I argued it is an essential ingredient in a loaded potato, but we did not have any in the house and I did not want to go to the store for one item... but I digress . I also replaced green onions with garlic chives that were miraculously still growing in my garden, which I have long since ceased caring for this year (A wedding will force you to neglect other aspects of your life). The original recipe also calls for preparing the potatoes and bacon in a microwave, which we do not have. So my instructio...