• Chicken Gnocchi Soup
• Ingredients:
• 3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts – cooked and diced

               1 stalk of celery – chopped

• ½ white onion – diced
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic*
• ½ cup shredded carrots
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 cups chicken broth
•      salt and pepper – to taste
•     1 teaspoon thyme
•   16 ounces potato gnocchi
•   2 cups half and half 
•   1 cup fresh spinach – roughly chopped

Instructions

1. Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add celery, onions, garlic*, and carrots and sauté for 2-3 minutes until onions are translucent. 
2. Add chicken, chicken broth, salt, pepper, and thyme, bring to a boil, then gently stir in gnocchi. Boil for 3-4 minutes longer before reducing heat to a simmer and cooking for 10 minutes. 
3. Stir in half and half and spinach and cook another 1-2 minutes until spinach is tender. Taste, add salt and pepper if needed, and serve. 

Notes

For even more creamy richness, swap one cup of the half and half for heavy cream. 

Add garlic after the rest of the vegetables are tender