CHEESY POTATO SOUP W/DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Put potato cubes, celery sticks, and whole onion in a large soup pan. Cover vegetables with water. Add a teaspoon of salt. Bring to a boil and cook until potatoes and vegetables are tender.
• Remove the celery and onion with about a cup of water and puree in a blender. Return mixture to the potatoes.
• Add the milk and cheese. Stir over medium-low heat until the cheese is completely melted. Turn the heat to medium, stirring frequently to avoid scorching.
• in a separate bowl, crack eggs and after discarding shells, add flour with some salt and pepper until a thick dough forms.
• When the soup begins to boil, drop dough into soup by teaspoons. The dumplings will float when they are cooked through. Cooking the dumplings throughh will take less than 5 minutes if they are dropped into boiling soup.
• Dissolve cornstarch in 1/2 cup cold water and pour into soup. Continue Heating until soup is at the desired consistency. Reduce heat and serve with saltine crackers.