After Thanksgiving Turkey Soup!

 Ok, in my opinion one of the best parts about Thanksgiving... leftovers.

Turkey Soup is so good and pretty simple to make

I start by breaking down the left over turkey and bones.

Sometimes it's easiest to just use the legs, wings, neck and other bones that are already small enough to fit into the pot. If you have a pot big enough for the body, that's great too!

Cut up about 3 carrots, 5 celery stalks, 1-2 onions into large chunks

The beauty about this stock is you can just throw veggies into it. You don't need to peel them and you can use all the parts you would usually throw out.

Place the carrots, celery, onion and bones into a large pot and cover with water.

Bring to a boil and simmer for about 1 - 2 hours.

Season liberally with salt, pepper, celery salt, seasoning salt, sage, really any seasonings you like.

Once the liquid is a rich brown soupy color, strain out all the veggies and bones and return stock to the large pot.

Voila! A beautiful stock!

You can freeze the stalk and use it for future recipes,

Or you can make soup!

I dice up carrots, onions and celery (about a cup each) into small bite-size pieces and add them to the stock. Bring to a simmer. 

Meanwhile simmer about a cup of pasta on the side for about 6-7 minutes until its almost done.

Add pasta to the stock with veg.

Shred up left over turkey into bite size pieces and add it to the stock.

Simmer the soup about 5 - 10 minutes.

And serve.

Enjoy!