Chicken Penne

 I made this one up after eating the soup at J Alexanders. It was one of those dinners where we were like this is really good, what do you think is in it? and this is what we came up with...

3 tbl butter

4 oz of mushrooms, diced very little

1 cup of celery

1 cup of shredded carrots

1 medium onion, diced

2 cans of cream of chicken soup

6 cups of chicken broth

1 1/2 cups of half and half

2 tbl parsley

1 chicken shredded ( I buy pre-cooked rotisserie)

1 cup of whipping cream

2 tbl Herbs de Provence

1 tbl lemon juice (optional)

Saute in butter, mushrooms, onion, carrots and celery. After softened mix in chicken broth and parsley. Bring to a simmer. Then add in all ingredients except the creams. Add the creams last and before serving. Make sure soup is heated through.