Chicken, Bacon & Gnocchi Soup

### **Chicken, Bacon & Gnocchi Soup** #### **Ingredients**: - 1 large onion, finely diced - 1 carrot, peeled and diced - 2 celery sticks, diced - 5 garlic cloves, minced - 250g smoked bacon, diced - 1 rotisserie chicken, shredded - 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves - 50g butter - 50g plain flour - 500ml chicken stock - 300ml whole milk - 1 cup gnocchi - 1 cup grated cheddar - 1 cup fresh spinach, roughly