Easy Creamy Crab and Asparagus Soup

Ingredients

• 2 slices bacon, diced small
• 1/2 cup minced onion
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1/2 cup yellow bell pepper, diced
• 1 cup diced potato
• 3/4 cup asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1/4-inch pieces
• 8 ounces crabmeat
• 2 cups skim milk
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

Cook and stir the bacon and onion in a saucepan over medium-high heat until the onion is translucent, 7 to 10 minutes.

Stir the garlic and yellow bell pepper into the bacon mixture; cook and stir together another 2 minutes.

Mix the diced potato, asparagus, crabmeat, skim milk, half-and-half, salt, and black pepper into the bacon mixture; bring to a simmer, reduce heat to medium, and cook until the potatoes are tender, 20 to 30 minutes.