Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup

Ingredients

• Tablespoon unsalted butter
• chopped yellow onion
• sliced or diced carrots
• sliced or diced celery
• garlic cloves, minced
• all-purpose flour
• teaspoon salt
• teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• teaspoon dried oregano
• chicken broth
• medium potato, peeled and diced
• shredded or chopped cooked chicken
• half-and-half or whole milk
• uncooked wide egg noodles
• optional for garnish: fresh thyme leaves