Chicken Soup: the Simple Version

As I was home sick today with the irritating sore throat that's been making the rounds, I figured I'd make chicken soup. I was definitely not all that inspired and didn't want to leave home so I had to use what I had here at home. We've both written about chicken soup before, but both were complex. This one was simple:

4 red potatoes, diced
2 medium yellow onions, diced
2 carrots, diced
4 cloves of garlic, smashed
2 cups celery root, diced
8 crimini mushrooms, sliced
3 cups of chicken stock
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 tbsp sherry vinegar
lemon pepper
2 tbsp dried dill
1 tbsp paprika
1 tbsp tarragon
1 tbsp lemon zest (dried)
heavy grind of black pepper
salt to taste
boiling water (about 3 cups)
1 tbsp olive oil

Soften all the vegetables in the bottom of the pan using the olive oil and salt. Combine the rest of the ingredients except the mushrooms and put on a medium boil until the chicken is cooked. Then turn off the heat and stir in the mushrooms.

This took about a half hour from start to finish.