Boxing Day Turkey Soup

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This soup is so good I always buy a big enough turkey to guarantee leftovers for it, and it’s a perfect healthy meal after too much indulgence over the holidays.

I’m usually too tired to deal with the turkey on Christmas day so I just throw the whole thing in the fridge until Boxing day. If you have some energy, you can separate all the meat from the bones and store them in a separate container in the fridge until you are ready to make the soup.

Turkey Stock Ingredients:

• 1 leftover turkey carcass
• 1 large onion, roughly chopped, with peel
• 3 large carrots, roughly chopped
• 3 ribs of celery, roughly chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, peel on, smashed with the flat side of a knife
• 3-4 bay leaves
• Any leftover fresh herbs (sage, rosemary, parsley)
• salt & pepper

Soup Ingredients:

• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 c onion, diced
• 1 c carrots, diced
• 1 c celery, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tsp fresh thyme
• 3 c leftover turkey meat, cut into small chunks
• 1 c corn kernels
• 1 (28 oz) can diced tomatoes
• 8 c turkey stock
• 1 1/2 c cooked small pasta (e.g. macaroni)
• 1 c fresh chopped parsley
• 1/2 c grated parmesan cheese
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt

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Directions:

1. To make the stock: Combine all the ingredients into a large stock pot and add enough water to just cover everything. Bring to a boil then simmer for 1 hour. Strain it to remove all the chunks and bones then put the liquid back in the pot. Boil for as long as it takes to reduce by 1/3. Salt and pepper to taste.
2. To make the soup: Heat olive oil in a large pot. Add onion, carrots, celery, garlic and thyme. Cook on medium-low until the onions are translucent.
3. Add the turkey, corn, tomatoes and turkey stock. Simmer for 30 minutes.
4. Add the pasta, parsley, parmesan cheese, salt and pepper and serve hot.

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Nutritional Information*

• Servings: 8
• Calories per serving: 154
• Total Fat: 4.5 g
• Saturated Fat: 1.4 g
• Total Carbohydrates: 18.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.5 g
• Sugar: 4.6 g
• Protein: 10.1 g

*Nutritional Information estimated using MyFitnessPal