Quick chicken and veg soup

This is my quick chicken and vegetable soup, you can make it in about an hour, from first chop to finish.  Keep some chicken in the fridge already cut up to make things really easy.  You can vary the vegetable ingredients to suite your family.  I have included some suggestions/alternatives for you.  Cut all the vegetable into similar size pieces.  

To make a chicken and noodle soup, simply add noodles about 1/2 way through cooking.
To make chicken and sweet corn soup, omit about 1/2 the vegetbles,and all the cabbage, and cut the corn from 3 corn ears, including them instead.
To make a ministrone style of soup, include some red kidney beans, add small pasta 1/2 way through, use Kale or spinach instead of cabbage, and when it is cooked, add some Parmesan cheese cut into very small cubes right at the end.  Also, ramp up the tomatoe ketchup, or add a can of tomatoes.
For a very old fashion style of soup, add some dried soup mix (about a cup) and some additional water.

Quick Chicken and Vegetable Soup

Rating: easy

Ingredients

1 leek or 1 onion chopped
1 large potatoe, chopped
2 sticks celery, chopped
2 cloves garlic
1tblsp butter
olive oil
2 carrots
2 turnips/parsnips/piece pumpkin/1 sweet potatoe

1 chicken breast, cut into small pieces
1 large chicken stock packet (1 litre)
water
tomatoe ketchup
soy sauce
salt and pepper
1/2 head small cabbage Or bunch spinich /kale/bokchoy - finely sliced.
bunch of parsley finely sliced

Method

In a large saucepan, gently soften leek, potatoe, celery and garlic with butter and small amount of olive oil.
Add all other vegetables, chopped to similar size and stir for 1-2 minutes.
Add stock, fill packet with water and add this also.  If you wish, add thyme sprig at this time.
Chop chicken and add to soup.
Squirt in some tomatoe ketchup, a couple of splashes of soy sauce, taste and check for salt and pepper.
Boil until vegetables are tender.  Add finely chopped cabbage at the end and turn off the soup. (this allows the cabbage to be a little crunchy).
Add parsley when serving with some hot crunchy bread.