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Turkey Noodle Soup


Here's another leftover Thanksgiving turkey recipe to add to your recipe file. How many people eat turkey soup the week after Thanksgiving? A lot, I'm sure. We are no exception. Besides the fact that I love soup this time of year, it's perfect with leftover turkey. I did mention that I didn't host Thanksgiving dinner this year, right? I was lucky to be a guest this year at my sister's house where we had a lovely, traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all our family favorite recipes at a beautiful Thanksgiving table. (Or should I say two tables since there were 14 of us)


Then why do I have leftover turkey?  Because I couldn't stand to be without it so I invited everyone over on Saturday for another "mini Thanksgiving". Then Bruce and I could cook our own turkey, thus leftover turkey.


Having another "mini Thanksgiving", also gave us an opportunity to use up some of the leftover side dishes. I had plenty of my Hernon green gelatin salad leftover as well as my sweet potato casserole. My sister also brought some leftovers including cranberry sauce, beverages, rolls, gravy, etc. I also made more stuffing, more mashed potatoes, more gravy, more rolls, and a veggie dish of roasted brussel spouts and red peppers.


There is no shortage of food on Thanksgiving weekend, even if your family is 14 people.


Oh, I forgot to mention that I made another pecan pie and my sister made another pumpkin pie, along with the leftover pie we had from Thanksgiving. We mustn't skimp on dessert, you know.


Of all things I am thankful for, I can't stop thinking about the abundance of food we have available to us and for all our family favorite recipes (thus this blog) and for my family. We made the most of it Thanksgiving weekend. Isn't that what you're suppose to do?


Our outdoor activity was a little walk on Alki Beach since it was beautiful weather this Thanksgiving weekend.


It was fun watching the paragliders at the same time the sun was setting. You couldn't have asked for a better evening.


Which leads us to the turkey soup...


I figure this serves approx. 6 people or so. I like a few mushrooms and noodles in my turkey soup to make it a little more hardy.
4 Tbsp. butter
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, diced
3 carrots, chopped
3 celery stalks, chopped
1 cup mushrooms, sliced
2 cups leftover turkey, cut into bite-size pieces
6 cups chicken broth (or turkey stock)
3 handfuls of noodles
salt & pepper to taste

1.  Melt butter in large soup pan or stock pot.

 2.  Add onion and garlic and saute until translucent.

 3.  Add carrots, celery and mushrooms and saute until softened.

 4.  Add chicken broth and bring to a boil.  Add turkey pieces.

 5. Add noodles and cook approximately 12 minutes.

 6.  Add salt and pepper to taste. 
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