Basic Chicken or Turkey Soup

Basic Chicken or Turkey Soup Recipe

Stock: home made or canned

Meat

Shredded chicken or Turkey

Flavoring

some parsley and a couple of cloves of garlic 

Seasoning

poultry seasoning, sage, thyme, marjoram, salt and pepper

Vegetables

equal amounts of:  carrots, onions and celery

Other options

Tomatoes (fresh or canned), frozen vegetables (corn, peas, mixed, etc.), potatoes, peppers, squash, parsnip, turnips, rice, cooked pasta:  whatever is on hand!  Dash of tabasco to heat it up

Simmer until vegetables are cooked.

Here is the soup I came up with

2 quarts of home made stock

fresh parsley (about 2 tablespoons)

2 cloves of garlic

2 teaspoons poultry seasoning

1 teaspoon sage

1 teaspoon thyme

1teaspoon marjoram

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon pepper

1 cup each: carrots, onions, celery, SWEET POTATO, frozen mixed vegetables,  and fresh cut tomatoes

2 cups shredded turkey (left overs)

Once the vegetables are tender, I added 3/4 cup instant brown rice and continued to cook until rice was done (5-10 minutes)

The Bread in the picture is whole wheat bread prepared in a bread machine.

Note the sweet potato!  I peeled and sliced the sweet potato!  Another sweet potato used in my sweet potato challenge!  Now there are 7 left!

Turkey rice soup with Whole Wheat Bread