Chicken Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

The soup base

• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 each yellow onion, chopped
• 3 each carrots, chopped
• 3 each celery stalks, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 5 cups water
• 1 ½ cups fresh or frozen green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 pound boneless chicken breasts
• 1 tablespoon fine sea salt
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper

Optional additions

• 1 can chickpeas or white beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 pound potatoes, cut into ½-inch pieces
• to taste fresh lemon juice
• to taste chopped parsley

Instructions

Nutrition Facts (estimated)