Evan's Mom's Chicken Soup

Evan's Mom

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken breasts (boned and skinned)
• olive oil
• 1 onion
• garlic
• 4 carrots, chopped into bite-size pieces
• 4 stalks of celery (leaves included), chopped in 1/2" pieces
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 container low sodium chicken broth
• one package of pasta (cooked separately)
• grated parmesan cheese
• salt and pepper to taste

Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil until transparent.

Add chicken and brown lightly.

Add carrots, celery, broth and bay leaves. 

Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat and continue simmering for 30 minutes. 

Dice or shred chicken into bite-size pieces. 

Remove bay leaves from soup.

Separately cook pasta of your choice in a separate pan.  When pasta is al dente, add a serving of cooked pasta to a bowl, top with chicken soup mixture and sprinkle with hefty spoonful of parmesan to the top.