Chicken Pasta Soup

Ingredients

• 1 cup matchstick-cut carrots 
• 0.3 teaspoon pepper black freshly ground
• 8 ounce prechopped celery refrigerated
• 7 cups less-sodium chicken broth fat-free
• 1 cup rotini whole wheat uncooked (corkscrew pasta)
• 12 ounce chicken breasts boneless skinless cut into bite-sized pieces

Equipment

• frying pan
• dutch oven

Directions

1. Heat a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray.
2. Add chicken and next 3 ingredients; cook 6 minutes or until chicken begins to brown and vegetables are tender, stirring frequently.
3. Add broth; bring to a boil.
4. Add pasta, reduce heat to medium, and cook 8 minutes or until pasta is done.