Celery Soup

Ingredients:

• celery (may use celery from crock pot cooking or 1 baked celery recipe)
• 2 cups chicken broth (or substitute 1 cup water for 1 cup broth)
• 1/4 tsp thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 tsp dried basil
• salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:

1. Cook celery until very soft or use crock-pot or vegetable broth cooked celery.
2. Puree in a food processor or blender with broth and spices.
3. Simmer in a saucepan for 20-30 minutes.