Turkey Soup

For Christmas Eve dinner I made turkey thighs and I had some nice, juicy bones leftover.  So I decided to do something I have never, ever done before-make turkey soup.  The first thing to do, of course, was call my mother, the expert on turkey soup.  We chatted.  I convinced her to send me her recipe.  I geared myself up for the great undertaking of (1) trying a new recipe and (2) making soup from scratch, which is something I have never, ever done.

Well, to my surprise, it turned out delicious.  Maybe it's one of those things that you just can't mess up.  I didn't have a large soup pan (mine is in storage I guess) so I used my three quart pan to make a two quart soup.  It actually worked out pretty well.  Here's all the stuff for making the broth.

 
Once the broth simmered for about 2 hours I started fishing things out of it: vegetables in one bowl and the bones in the other.   

Then I separated the meat from the bones. My only problem was that I didn't have enough turkey on the bones to actually have turkey in my turkey soup.  I got maybe 1-2 ounces.  So I supplemented with a can of turkey I had in my cupboard and I could barely tell the difference.

After the broth was made I started adding things to my soup.  I added some wild rice, some carrots, some celery and some cabbage.  I have never worked with cabbage so I had to google the best way to cut one up.  Isn't it pretty.    

And here's my soup on the dinner table.  It was great with my whole wheat rolls.  What a feast!  I highly recommend turkey soup!