I love making turkey noodle soup after Thanksgiving with the leftover turkey carcass. When the dinner is over and you are too tired to do much with the carcass, don’t toss it in the trash! Gather up the bones and if there is a bit of dressing still attached all the better. Put it in freezer bags and toss it in the freezer for later. Your can also freeze any left over meat separately, to use later when you make the soup.

When your ready for some homemade soup make your bone broth.

In a large pot add the carcass, a long with a few carrots, celery, onion and garlic. Fill with water until the bones are covered. Place lid on top and bring to a slow simmer. Simmer 12-24 hours. Check the water every few hours to make sure there is plenty of water in the pot.

In the morning turn off pot and cool. Stain out the meat and veggies and discard. Return the broth to your stock pot to make soup, or refrigerate until your ready to make soup. You can also freeze or can the broth for later use.

Homemade Egg Noodles Recipe

3 cups flour, 3 eggs, 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, 1 teaspoon salt and about 1/2 cup of water.

Add flour and salt to a bowl and whisk to combine. In a separate bowl, crack eggs and whisk together with vegetable oil. Pour egg mixture into flour and slowly knead together adding enough water to form a ball. Cover bowl and let the noodle dough rest for 1 hour. After one hour, knead the dough for 5-10 mins, then cover again and let rest 20 mins. When ready to roll out noodles, sprinkle flour on clean counter top and roll out the dough. I like to roll the noddle’s to about 1/8 thickness, make yours thicker if you like. Let the dough dry out for several hours, flipping the dough over every hour or so. Once noodles are dry roll up the dough into a roll and slice the noodles to your desired length. Leave on the counter to dry more until soup is ready or place in container and refrigerate.

Time to make the soup. I don’t usually have any left over turkey, so I purchase a rotisserie chicken and pull the meat off and chop up into bite size pieces.

In large stock pot Add: Turkey broth, chicken pieces, sliced or chopped carrots, celery, leeks, kale, spinach, garlic and any other vegetable that you love in soup. Add salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste. I also add 2 tablespoons of chicken bouillon. Bring to simmer and cook until tender. Add the noodles and simmer another 10 minuets. Enjoy!