How to Make Leftover Turkey Soup
Making leftover turkey soup is easy! You start with the basics for any good soup, like onion, carrot, and celery. Then you’ll add in some seasonings, and even more veggies if you have them. I used cauliflower here to follow food combining principles (to help streamline your digestion), but you can use extra potatoes, green beans, or anything else you have on hand.
Simmer them all together with your leftover Thanksgiving turkey until the broth is flavorful and the vegetables are fork-tender. (You could use leftover rotisserie chicken instead of the turkey, too.)
Make this Turkey Soup Creamy
I like to add a little dairy-free creaminess to this soup by stirring in some coconut milk, but that’s totally optional. It’s delicious even without it!
This soup reminds me of Thanksgiving stuffing in a bowl, only lighter. If you happen to have any of my Wild Rice & Mushroom Stuffing leftover, try stirring in a cup or two of that into this soup, too! My husband particularly likes the wild rice addition.
Recipe Notes:
If you’d rather use vegetable or chicken broth instead of the water called for in this recipe, reduce the salt by at least half! It will be way too salty otherwise. You can use potatoes instead of cauliflower for a heartier soup, or add in anything else you like. (My husband particularly liked the dried cranberries in it from the addition of our stuffing!) I used canned coconut milk in this recipe, but you can use only the coconut cream (the thick part of the coconut milk in a can) or boxed coconut milk from the refrigerated section, if you’d like. Or skip it, and use a little more water, for a broth based soup.
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