Chicken Lettuce Soup

You'll be surprised at how good tasting
putting Iceberg lettuce into soup is.
It adds a good crunchy texture too.

Ingredients:
1 whole chicken
4 carrots, peeled and cut up
4 stalks celery, sliced
1 large onion, peeled and halved
cold water to cover
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups iceberg lettuce, chopped
1/2 teaspoon fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon chopped chives

Directions:
Rinse chicken and put the chicken,
2 carrots, 2 celery and
1/2 onion in a large soup pot,
cover with cold water.
Heat and simmer, uncovered,
until the chicken meat is done.
About 30 minutes should do it.
Take everything out of the pot.
Dicard the cooked vegetables.
Pick the meat off of the bones
and add back to the pot of broth.
Add 2 carrots,2 celery and 1/2 onion.
Season the broth with salt and
pepper to taste, add herbs.
Add Iceberg lettuce and
return to a simmer and serve.