Tortellini Soup

Getting chilly in your neck of the woods? Enjoy this recipe for Tortellini Soup from my brother Craig: This is a great soup for a cold winter night, especially when you don't have a lot of time to make a "homemade" meal that takes forever. It's also a great way to get some vegetables in your diet, but in a yummy way! Serve with a little buttery toasted bread and you've got yourself a tasty supper. The best part is that it's even better the next day!  

• 3T olive Oil
• 1 Clove garlic, minced
• 3 stalks, celery, chopped
• 3 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1 onion diced 10 oz box frozen spinach, unthawed (or skip it like my brother does...)
• 2 cans cream of chicken soup
• 2 cans water 
• 32 oz chicken broth
• Family size package of cheese or chicken tortellini, half cooked

1) Put olive oil in the bottom of a large soup/stock pan
2) Saute' garlic, celery, carrots and onions until tender
3) Add frozen spinach. Break up blocks of spinach as you cook
4) Continue to saute' until spinach thaws, then heats up
5) Add cream of chicken soup and water
6) Add chicken broth and then add tortellini
7) Heat and Serve
 
Note: It's better to eat it a few hours after it's made so the broth soaks up into the noodles. Better yet, make it the night before.