I did not have any turkey for thanksgiving at all, I felt I was missing something! So on Wednesday I made a turkey and we had the whole family over. It was delicious. And then after the meal you are left with this huge turkey carcass with tons of meat on it....Perfect for soup!!!
When we got Married we received a huge 20qt stock pot! It has made dozens of soups for our family! It fits a whole carcass like none other!
My beautiful wife, made this wonderful soup! She covered the carcass with water, added a whole onion, whole garlic bulbs, the middle leaves of a celery stalk and boiled for a couple of hours.
Remove your carcass, outer skin from garlics (they will be floating, the garlics will already have gone into the soup) and the onion. She then added tons of chopped veggies that we had in our fridge. Soups are a great way to get "rid of" any soft or extra produce in your fridge. Soft spuds or carrots? No worries, chuck them in!
Simmered that on low until all the veggies were soft, Delish!!
This meal will feed us for DAYS, or you can grab some containers and freeze it for another day!!!
Turkey is dirt cheap around thanksgiving and Christmas!! Most times you can get turkey for .98c a lb. For turkey!!, White meat is super lean!
Plus after you have a huge turkey dinner and sandwiches, you are left with a huge carcass to make stock and soup out of!! Very economical!!
The turkey we cooked, we got free from our bank last year, but for numbers sake, I will put a $1 a pound for it.
2lbs turkey: $2
Veggies: $10 bucks worth, and that's generous!
$12 bucks for soup? Our family had 6 bowls full last night, and I would guess there is another 4 meals worth at least. What else can you make 5 full meals of for 12 bucks?
Soup is easy, especially after you have a turkey dinner!! So challenge yourself this winter and make some soup!!
Enjoy
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