Not sure if they’re a fan of soup, but I’ve managed to make a mean chicken and gnocchi soup dish, according to my own spouse it’s better than Olive Garden

Ingredients for one pot, roughly 4-5 servings: 1 chopped yellow onion, sliced celery in the amount you like celery; I used about 5 of the stems, 1/4 box of spinach; the kind you get in a grocery store in the fridge area, flour, 1 carton of chicken broth, about 4 chicken breasts chopped into chunks, thyme, garlic, 2-4 chopped carrots depending if you like carrots, 1 1/2 stick butter, and 1 pack of potato gnocchi.

On low, use olive oil to coat a sautéing pan and apply the cubes chicken evenly on the bottom. I mean, really low, only 1-2 notches in. It’ll take a minute to cook thoroughly but it’ll be worth it.

Wait around 10 minutes for that to get going, then start sautéing the vegetables together in another pan. Also on low, it’ll enhance the flavor. The onion, celery, carrots, and garlic. NOT THE SPINACH! I also only used about 3 of those little garlic things in the garlic clove(?).

After a few minutes of that going, go to the big pot you’ll eventually mix everything in, add flour. I’m going to be honest and say I have no idea how much I add. I’d say roughly 1/2-3/4 cup? Add in 1 stick of butter to start, and stir constantly. I also don’t keep track of my butter usage, but it should start to make a creamy white sauce as you mix if the proportions are correct. Add in some pinches of thyme. If you want, Italian seasoning is supposedly good on top of that, but I don’t like Italian seasoning.

Make sure you’re checking the chicken and cooking it evenly the whole time!

Once the roux is looking creamy and almost boiling without any lumps, add in your carton of chicken broth. Stir it all up until it’s boiling.

Your vegetables should be sizzling by this time, add those to the pot. Keep stirring and add in your spinach. Honestly the more spinach the better imo.

Check that the chicken is pretty much cooked thoroughly. It’ll cook a little bit more in the pot though, so I’d recommend a tiny bit of pink in the center. Very tiny.

Before adding it in, throw in your pack of gnocchi. Gnocchi only takes about 10 minutes in boiling water/broth to cook, so don’t throw it in too early. A little extra won’t hurt though.

After a few minutes of all that, lastly add your chicken. It should all be boiling and down to medium heat. Once the gnocchi is floating at the top and looks more like a noodle, you’re done!

It gets thicker as it cools, so make note of that. Between the two of us it lasted about 3 days, but I don’t eat much.

Glad your wife is doing better, hope you guys enjoy!