Turkey Vegetable Soup

Soup.  I love soups in the wintertime, and nothing is better or easier then making soup from Christmas dinner leftovers.  This makes a very large pot of soup.

Turkey Vegetable Soup

Makes about 12 cups of soup (a large pot)

approx prep time: 20min

approx cook time: 2.5 hours

INGREDIENTS: 

- 1 turkey carcass

- 2 cups of carrots

- 3 stalks of celery

- 3 medium onions

- 1 large potato (optional)

- 1 tomato (optional)

- other root vegetables (optional)

- bundle of herbs (ie. Rosemary and Thyme is optional)

- Salt and pepper to taste

HOW TO MAKE IT:

1) Chop all the vegetables into bite sized pieces

2) Throw all of the ingredients (except salt and pepper) into a large soup pot and fill the pot up with water.

3) Bring soup to a boil, then reduce to medium and let simmer for 2.5 hours. 

4) Once finished, take out and discard bones, skin and skim the fat, add salt and pepper to taste.

Mini Turkey Pot Pies



After a Christmas dinner, there's always the inevitable leftovers.  Whether the leftovers are dreaded or a delight, is really up to us.  Nick loves pies in all shapes and forms.  From fruit pies, crumble pies, pumpkin, to meat pies, all pies are viewed and eaten equally and finished quickly.   So when we found out William Sonoma was selling the Breville Mini Pie Maker during the Christmas season, we quickly picked one up before they sold out.  It was handy for making leftovers a delight. The pie maker can make 4 pies but we chose to make 3 pies as that's exactly 1 sheet of Pillbury pie crust.  They do make perfect pies in 10 minutes.  We're looking forward to using this with beef stews, cooked fruits, chunky sauces.  This machine will probably be used very regularly to put leftovers to go use.  If you want to see the other uses of the Breville Mini Pie Maker...take a look at our recipe for Beef Stew Mini Pies here.

Mini Turkey Pot Pies

Makes 3 Mini Pies (machine has the ability to make 4 pies)

approx prep time: 10min

approx cook time: 10min

INGREDIENTS: 

- 1/2 pack of Pillsbury Pie crust (at room temperature)

- 2 cups of cooked turkey leftovers (we used Turkey, peas, carrots, stuffing, butternut squash)

- 3 tablespoons of Campbell's cream of chicken soup

HOW TO MAKE IT:

1) Preheat the Breville Mini Pie Maker (Red light means it's heating, Green light means it's ready)
2) Chop leftovers into little pieces, mix with 2-3 tablespoons of Cream of Chicken soup.
3) Roll out the Pillsbury pie crust, stamp 2 bottom crusts and 2 top crusts. 
4) Recombine the remaining pie crust, roll it out thinly, and stamp the last bottom and pie crust (you should have 3 tops and 3 bottoms)
5) Place bottom crust into the machine, use the black push wedge from the pie maker to set it into the pan, fill each pie up to the top and a bit more, making a mound on the top
6) Top pies with the top crust.
7) Lock machine, bake for 10 minutes.
8) Serve immediately.