Cheese Soup

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 each, onion and celery, chopped
• 4 1/2 teaspoons flour
• 3/4 milk
• 1 cup (4 ozs.) shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1 cup soup stock, thawed
• dash pepper
• chopped parsley

Directions

Melt butter in 1 quart saucepan; add onion and celery and saute 5 minutes. Blend in flour. Remove from heat; gradually add milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Cook 2 additional minutes. Add Cheddar cheese and stir until melted. Stir in stock and pepper. Heat to serving temperature. Do not boil. Serve garnished with parsley.