Easy Slowcooker Italian Gnocchi Soup! Delicious!

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water + bouillon cubes

Vegetable broth is lower in calories and can be made from scraps.

Start by seasoning 3 pounds of chicken breasts with salt, pepper, dried basil, and celery salt.

Add the seasoned chicken to the slow cooker.

Chop up 5 carrots into disks and add to the slow cooker.

Chop 4 celery stalks and add them to the slow cooker.

Pour in 5 cups of chicken stock into the slow cooker.

Add 2 bay leaves and a teaspoon of dried parsley to the slow cooker.

Cook on low for 6 hours in the slow cooker.

After 6 hours, shred the chicken using a fork.

Mix 1 cup of half and half with 2 tablespoons of cornstarch in a separate bowl.

Turn the slow cooker to high and stir in the half and half mixture.

Add 2 bags of potato gnocchi (16 ounces each) to the slow cooker and stir well.

Cover the slow cooker and let it thicken for about 10 minutes.

Add approximately 1.5 to 2 cups of frozen chopped spinach to the slow cooker.

Stir the spinach into the soup and cover again, cooking on high for another 10 minutes.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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