Golden Summer Soup

First off, I will mention that I used white potatoes and not the sweet potatoes called for in the list of ingredients, and I used homemade chicken stock instead of water. With those changes, the flavor of this soup was excellently well balanced. I topped the soup with grated Fontina cheese, and chopped fresh parsley and chives, all of which elevated this soup to a 5-star level. My little kids ate every bit of it and asked for more, which is certainly high praise for a heavily vegetable-based soup.