Sonte'S Slow Cooker Potato Soup

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 6 potatoes, scrubbed and diced, or more to taste
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 stalks celery with leaves, diced
• 1 carrot, grated
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 8 1/2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons vegetable stock powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried sage leaves
• 1 teaspoon crushed thyme leaves
• 2 bay leaves
• freshly ground black pepper to taste

1. Drizzle olive oil into a slow cooker. Add potatoes, onion, celery, carrot, and garlic; cover with water. Stir in vegetable stock powder until dissolved. Season with salt, sage, thyme, bay leaves, and pepper.
2. Cover and cook on High until potatoes are soft, about 6 hours.

olive oil, potatoes, onion, stalks celery, carrot, garlic, water, vegetable stock powder, salt, sage, thyme, bay leaves, freshly ground black pepper

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/255826/sontes-slow-cooker-potato-soup/ (may not work)