Chicken Tortellini Soup

Submitted by: Tenille Slack

Boil the following ingredients together for 15-20 minutes:
Use 10 cups water. This will yield approximately the 8 cups stock needed for soup
3 Chicken breasts
1 onion
baby carrots
2 celery stalks
5-8 chicken bullion cubes
Drain off stock and SAVE. Discard carrots, celery, and onion

Sautee until soft:
2 T. olive oil
2 T. butter
1 small onion, chopped
2 carrots, chopped or 16-20 baby carrots, chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
1 clove minced garlic

Add the above ingredients to the 8 cups stock
Cook remainder of ingredients until tortellini begins to float (3-5 minutes)
4 cups fresh tortellini (I use one pkg of tortellini from Costo and freeze the other pkg)
4 cups chopped spinach leaves
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
1/2 cup shredded parmessan cheese