Turkey Soup

Well, now that the turkey was a success you get to enjoy the benefit of making homemade turkey soup. Before you can make the soup you have to make stock. Put the turkey and bones in a large pot and cover with water. Add stalk of celery and leaves, whole onion and whole carrot. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 or 6 hours on low to medium heat, adding water if necessary. Allow to cool and strain the broth into another pot. Cool in the fridge and when it is totally cold you can skim the fat from the top. In the meantime go through the bones and keep any pieces of meat to put in the soup. You can also chop up any leftover turkey.

1 onion chopped
2-3 stalks of celery sliced thin
2 carrots chopped
2 cloves garlic minced
1/2 tsp thyme
2-3 oxo cubes
boiling water
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 pkg egg noodles
chopped turkey meat

Bring the stock to a boil and add the onions, celery, carrots, garlic and thyme. Add boiling water to oxo cubes and add to pot. ( 1 cup of water per oxo cube). Add cut up turkey meat. Let simmer covered for 1 - 1 1/2 hours or until vegetables are cooked. Add noodles for another 20 minutes.
Taste and add salt and pepper as needed.

After the roast turkey dinner, turkey soup is a breeze. You can add other vegetables if you want to like parsnips, ginger, red pepper chopped. Hopefully there will be some left over for your freezer. I'm so proud of your culinary skills. Love and Miss you Mom xx000