Your kids eyes will light up when they see stars floating in their soup!

Ingredients

• 1 qt. water
• 1 qt. chicken stock
• 1 small onion, peeled and halved
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
• 1 bay leaf

• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 lb. boneless chicken breast, cut into 2 or 3
• large pieces
• 4 medium carrots
• 3 tbsp. pastina (available in pasta section of grocery stores)

Instructions

1. In a large soup pot, help your child combine the water, chicken stock, onion, celery, bay leaf, and salt and pepper. Bring to a rapid boil. Add the chicken breast pieces and reduce the heat to low. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes, or until the meat is tender and cooked through. Meanwhile, peel and dice the carrots (or, if you have a star-shaped mini cookie cutter, cut them into stars). When the chicken is done, use a slotted spoon to remove it from the stock, along with the bay leaf, celery and onion pieces. Discard the vegetables.

2. Allow the chicken to cool slightly and then cut it into cubes. Return the cubes to the stock, add the diced carrots and bring the soup to a boil again. Stir in pastina and simmer until the stars are cooked. Serves 6 to 8.

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