How Do You Make Easy Turkey Lentil Soup?
Got some leftover turkey? Here’s a warm, comforting, and healthy way to use some of it up. This Turkey Lentil Soup goes together easily and makes the house smell yummy. If you don’t have turkey stock, you can certainly use commercially prepared chicken or vegetable stock. (Likewise, if you don’t have quite four quarts of turkey stock, you can top it up with commercial stock.) In our house, we usually have other plans for the leftover turkey, so we use smoked turkey sausage in the soup (see the Tips section). Turkey Lentil Soup freezes well, so if you’ve really had about all the turkey you can stand, make this up after Christmas and store it for a chilly “soup weather” day, up to 4 months from now. In a large stock pot, sauté the onion, celery, and carrots in the olive oil until the onions are translucent. Pick over the lentils. (As the bag says, they are an “agricultural product.” This apparently means stems and other unpalatable things may be in there. Pick out and discard anything th
