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Showing posts with label leftovers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leftovers. Show all posts

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Chicken/Turkey Noodle Soup

This recipe is supposed to be chicken noodle soup, but I'm sure we all have extra turkey sitting in the fridge from Thanksgiving last week!  I knew it would be great to substitute turkey in this and I wouldn't feel bad throwing away perfectly good turkey.  So, try it either way!

Ingredients:
7-9 cups chicken broth
chicken or turkey, about 1 cup
1/2 package baby carrots, cut into thirds
1/2 package frozen corn
1 onion (optional)
2 tsp poultry seasoning
 pasta of your choice

I've done this soup in a crockpot before (dump everything in except pasta, cook on low 4-6 hours and add cooked pasta right before serving) and it turned out wonderfully.  I didn't think that far ahead tonight, so here's the night-of steps:

1.  Add chicken broth to large soup pot.

2.  Add carrots, corn and onion if using.  Allow to simmer while you are chopping your meat.

3.  Add chicken or turkey and poultry seasoning and simmer for about 15-20 minutes.
4.  While soup simmers, cook pasta is a separate pot according to package directions. I used about 1/3 of a box of mini bow tie pasta.
5.  Add pasta to soup and allow to heat through.  Serve with bread or a salad.

This soup is very versatile.  The amounts can be changed to your liking.  I put a lot of carrots, corn and pasta in, which is why I put the amount of broth as a range.  The amount you need depends on how much other stuff you have in the soup.  After adding the pasta, if the liquid looks too low, just add in some extra chicken broth.  Hope you enjoy!

Monday, January 18, 2010

Pork tacos - recipe for leftovers!

I typically make the pork roast for guests, but this time I just made it for Bart and me, so there were a ton of leftovers. We had the idea to make pork tacos out of some of the leftover meat, since it was so tender from the crock pot.

Ingredients:
leftover pork, shredded
taco seasoning to taste
salsa
water, about 1/4 cup
tortillas
taco toppings of your choice

Bart actually made these so I'm not entirely sure of all the measurements, but it would depend how much pork you used anyway. Dump everything into a large skillet and simmer the same way you would with ground beef and taco seasoning. Serve immediately with warm tortillas and any toppings you like.

I definitely need to challenge myself to utilize leftovers more - I typically want to throw them out! Thankfully, Bart eats them. Now, what to do with the half a 9 x 13 of baked ziti....noodle sandwiches? :)