Quick no-chicken chik'n soup

OK, here's a fully vegetarian post. Pretty much. And it's easy. And quick. And full of vegetables. Yetis eat vegetables. Sometimes we eat things that also pass for food, but that's a whole different story. This is a dish that the snowdogs don't really go for as it is lacking in the meat parts, but it is wonderful on cold nights with a nice piece of dill bread (to be another post). Here is Quick No-Chicken Soup, or QNCS in acronym land. This soup only has rough amounts for ingredients as the exact contents usually depends on what you have in your fridge at the time you make it.

Ingredients, in rough quantities:
2 tablespoons of olive oil
a carrot, small dice or halved and then cut into thin slices
a stalk or two of celery, small dice or thin slices about the same thickness as the carrot
some finely diced onion
a garlic clove, minced
about 4-6 cups of no-chicken broth, mushroom broth, or other veggie broth (you can use a meat or poultry broth, low sodium please, instead for meat)
some nicely diced fresh herbs. I like tarragon, or thyme, or cilantro, or parsley, or even some slivers of sage, but not all at once.
a handful or two of cooked egg noodles, probably optional.
You could also add leftover barley (yum!), rice, diced or sliced mushrooms, a pinch of red pepper flakes, etc.

Put a large saucepan, one large enough to hold the entire contents of the soup, over medium heat. When the oil is shimmering, add the veggies and saute for about 3-4 minutes. Add the broth and bring to a low boil. Add the herbs, stir through, and serve. Told you it would be easy.

Feeds 2 Yeti with bread. Feeds 4 humans with bread. Feeds 1 college student. Students can't afford bread.