Chicken and Vegetable Soup

It was a dark rainy day, and I was trying to think of something that would warm me up, but not ruin my day, because I was in no mood to work out! So, the first thing that popped into my head was soup! Used basically everything I had in my vegetable drawer and just added things as I went. If you want to indulge a little, add in the cream!

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 4-6
• Yields: 1 big pot of soup!

Ingredients

• 2  tablespoons olive oil
• 2  tablespoons butter
• 1  bell pepper, any color, chopped
• 1⁄2 lb asparagus, chopped
• 1  yellow onion, chopped
• 3  stalks celery, chopped
• 3  carrots, chopped
•  salt
•  pepper
• 5 1⁄2 cups chicken broth
• 1⁄2 cup beer
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried parsley
• 3  chicken breasts
• 1⁄3 cup  cream (optional)

Directions

1. Heat butter and olive oil at med - lo heat.
2. Saute vegetables until all tender, 8 - 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Add beer, broth, salt, pepper, and dried parsley.
4. Bring heat up to high, and bring to a boil.
5. Add chicken breasts and lower heat to medium, simmer for 15 - 17 minutes.
6. Remove chicken breats and shred with two forks.
7. If using cream, stir in cream.
8. Add chicken back into soup.
9. Enjoy! ;).