Chicken & Cheese Chowder
2 chicken thighs
4 chicken breasts
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 small bag of baby carrots, diced
6 potatoes, peeled and diced
salt & pepper to taste
1 tsp garlic salt
1/2 cup flour
2 cups milk
one stick of butter
large block of Velveeta
Place chicken in pot, cover with water (fill pot with 2/3 full of water). Add celery, onion, salt, pepper and garlic salt. Cook chicken until it is very tender or starting to fall off the bone. While chicken is cooking, cut up carrots, and taters. Remove chicken from pot and add carrots and taters to broth, cook til tender. Remove chicken from bone, tear into bite size pieces add back to pot. Let this simmer....MEANWHILE
Melt ONE STICK of butter in large bowl in microwave. Add 1/2 cup flour to melted butter and stir til creamy. Add 2 cups milk and stir into flour butter mixture. Cut large block of Velveeta into chunks and add to mixture. Place in microwave, cover and cook for 5-10 minutes. Stirring every 2 minutes until cheese is completely melted and creamy. Add to soup stirring constantly...heat on low to keep soup from sticking.

I will admit to you....this recipe is SOOOOO delish! But it is VERY time consuming! It isn't complicated or anything but it takes awhile...but I promise it is totally worth it!! I serve this with Garlic Cheese biscuits... SO YUMMY! And this recipe makes a lot!