3000 miles 'til dinner.

Original MIL Mission #64: “Even Better The Next Day” Chicken Soup

I did a major wing-it with this recipe. Since I’ve been in an “easy-as-can-be” state of mind and because I had a bunch of leftover turkey from my Balsamic Glazed Turkey Breast attempt, I decided to make the chicken soup recipe with the leftover turkey instead. Plus I had all the rest of the recipe ingredients in my pantry already so this was a perfect quick weeknight meal for me and the hubby.

♥HOW I MADE IT.♥

The ingredients.

And since I’m all about efficiency these days, I started pulling together the ingredients during the day while the baby was asleep. That way, I can just throw them into the pot once I was ready to cook.

Here’s all the herbs and spices measured out into a bowl.

And the chopped up carrots, onion and garlic. Notice there is no celery since I didn’t have any on hand.

I skipped the browning the drumsticks phase for obvious reasons, deciding that I’d throw in the turkey at the end since it was already cooked. Here I am sautéing the carrots, onions and garlic in the pot.

I then added all the spices and what-not.

And stirred in the chicken stock. I also decided to use one of MIL’s suggested wing-its and added some tomato flavor in the form of chopped up cherry tomatoes I had in the fridge.

I allowed the soup to simmer for about 45 minutes. During the last 10 minutes, I threw in the chopped-up turkey so that it would heat through and mingle with the broth.

♥MIL MISSION #64: ACCOMPLISHED.♥

And here’s the turkey soup!

It was great! A very simple and satisfying soup, and the best part is that it is SO easy to make. Love. And most definitely, this soup is better the next day. Leftovers were wonderful with curried lentil wraps I made the next day.

♥PLATE IT, ATE IT, GRADED IT.♥

scale: 0 (not at all) to 5 (very)

Cupboard to table time: 1 hour

Difficulty: 1

Deliciousness: 3.5

Impressed Husband factor: 4

Leftover-friendly: 5