Turkey Wild Rice Soup
Next week is the big day. It is opening night for home cooks. You have been crafting and honing your skills all year and next Thursday you will take the stage for the big monologue you have been rehearsing so long for. I am excited! How about you? Are you hosting Thanksgiving dinner? If so I hope you break a (turkey) leg!
After the big dinner, there are sure to be leftovers. You can only eat so many turkey sandwiches, am I right? This soup will transform your leftovers into something better than a sad cold turkey sandwich.
While this does take nearly an hour to make, the cooking time involved isn’t active cooking time. It is time where you can crack open a bottle of wine and play a mean game of Scrabble with your guests still in town. Or scarf down that last slice of pumpkin pie straight from the pie plate. No judgment from me.
Leftover turkey and any leftover carrots and celery from the relish tray will all be used up in this soup. Warm up any leftover dinner rolls or biscuits and have yourself a tasty little dinner. Enjoy your leftovers!
TELL ME! What is your favorite way to enjoy Thanksgiving leftovers?
Another way to use up leftover turkey
Turkey, Bacon, and Vegetable Stuffed Alfredo Shells
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Sounds great! Can’t wait to try it out with the tons of turkey I know I will have left!
Thanks Leah!
This sounds like a perfect follow-up to Thanksgiving! Soups are light and refreshing after such a BIG meal!
What I love is that once it is cooked people can help themselves. It is perfect for the post-Thanksgiving post-shopping day.
Wow…I’m not cooking turkey this year, but now I wish I were just so I could make this soup! I LOVE soups like this…this is just beautiful!
Caroline, it would be just as good with chicken!
This soup just looks so hearty, delicious and comforting. Love the addition of wild rice especially.. thanks for the yummy recipe and idea!
Thanks Thalia! The wild rice provides such a great texture and it is indeed hearty.
Thus looks like a great way to use up the turkey!
Thanks Kath!
This soup is leftover perfection!
Thanks Jocelyn! It does transform the leftovers into something better than a sandwich!