Chicken Alfredo Stew

When you have ingredients that you have to use up; you take to Pinterest to find something that can use the ingredients up. What I love even more is that the recipe can be cooked in the slow cooker or on the stove. I used the crock pot until I cooked and added the pasta to the stew.

Ingredients:

• 2 carrots, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 4 potatoes, quartered
• 1/2 cup onion, diced
• 1 tsp garlic
• 1 tsp parsley, dried
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1/4 tsp black pepper/1 tsp salt
• 2 cups of chicken broth/1 cup vegetable broth
• *2/3 cup milk
• *1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• *4 tbsp corn starch

Directions:

1. Spray the inside of the crock pot with cooking spray or spray the pot to keep the pot from sticking. Combine all ingredients into the crock pot except for the three items with the star * next to them. These items will come in towards the end of the soup being completed.
2. Cook on low for four hours in the crock pot. 
3. Add the milk, cheese, and cornstarch to the pot and stir to combine.
4. Cook for two hours on low. While the soup is cooking on low you can cook the pasta in a medium pot to add into the stew if you like. 
5. Add the pasta to the soup mixture and stir together. Add in 1/2 cup alfredo sauce and stir to combine.
6. Serve while warm & if desired top with shredded parmesan cheese.