Turkey Veggie And Rice soup

Posted by: mysweetmarie on: January 2, 2013

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I don’t know about you but I have a fridge full of leftovers! I don’t have hungry teenagers anymore to clean me out! so, having one more day off, I decided to throw a pot of soup on. Here’s how I did it:

Ingredients:

• 1 onion diced
• 1-2 stalks of celery diced
• 1-2 carrots diced
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 4 cups of leftover turkey chopped
• 8 cups of chicken broth
• 8-10 cups of water
• 4 cups of veggies (any that you like, I used broccoli, cauli, beans)
• 1 can black beans
• salt,pepper,thyme

Directions:

1. Sautee the onion,celery and carrot in the olive oil till translucent.
2. add in the turkey then the broth and water.
3. bring to a boil and simmer for 30-45 minutes. Add in the veggies, boil up again till veggies are tender.
4. Add in the black beans or white kidney beans. simmer again for a bit.
5. Add your spices to your taste, I like heaping teaspoons of spices, less salt and I like a little dab of hot sauce just for a bit of a kick! You do what you’d like!
6. when the soup is just right in flavour, just off the heat, stir in the rice, put a lid on it and let sit on the stove for half an hour!
7. Enjoy with a salad, on its own or with a big crusty bun!

• 1/2 cup rice