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Olive Garden Style Chicken And Gnocchi Soup
by kim nyland
serves: 8
  Hearty Italian Soup.
Ingredients:
  3   chicken breasts, cooked and diced
  4 cups   chicken stock
  2 cups   half and half
  1   stalk celery, diced
  1   clove garlic, minced
  1/2   carrot, shredded
  1/2   onion, diced
  1 cup   fresh spinach, chopped
  1 tbsp   olive oil
  1 tsp   thyme
    salt and peppe
  16 oz   potato gnocchi
  1 tbsp   cornstarch (optional)
Directions:
  Saute the onion, celery, garlic, carrot in oil over medium heat until onion is translucent.
Add chicken, chicken stock, half and half, salt and pepper, thyme. Heat to boilin, then add gnocchi. Gently boil for 4 minutes, then turn down to a simmer for 10 minutes.
Add spinach and cook for another 1-2 minutes until spinach is wilted.
(Heat to boiling and add cornstarch dissolved in 1-2TBSP water at this point if you want a thicker soup)
Ladle into bowls and serve!