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Easy Leftover Turkey Recipes: Turkey Soup Recipe and Turkey Pot Pies from Food Network

More easy recipes for leftover turkey! As I was food gawking through the Food Network, I found some more easy turkey leftover recipes --Alton Brown's Turkey Soup Recipe and Mini Turley Pot Pies -- made from the Thanksgiving turkey carcass, green bean casserole, and even leftover cranberry sauce. Take a look at Part 1: Turkey Leftover Recipes from the Food network Chefs, and also, my favorite turkey leftover recipe... Turkey Tetrazzini Recipe!

I can't resist videos, especially food show videos. So here you are. Go use up that dead bird!

Alton Brown's Easy Turkey Soup

 

Mini Turkey Pot Pies

 

 

SUPERBOWL CHILI RECIPE

                                   

Vegetarian or Hamburger Chile Recipe
Everyone loves a hot bowl of chili during a football game! Here's a great SUPERBOWL SUNDAY CHILI RECIPE. Make it either vegetarian or add ground hamburger, chicken, pork or ground turkey. Anyway you make it, it's gonna taste great!

This Chili recipe freezes well, so if you make a big batch, don't worry, you can have it next week and the week after that! I usually serve it over a bowl of brown jasmine rice and sprinkle it with cheese! Add a side of CORNBREAD or biscuits and your favorite bottle of cold beer, and your party will be an instant hit!

AWARD WINNING CHILI RECIPE
Oh, and the best part about this chili? I won a trophy for it. It was voted Best Vegetarian Chili Cookoff back in 2004! I was shocked to say the least. There were quite a few other contenders, but I won fair and square. I didn't even try rigging the contest, and didn't know any of the judges, honest!

                                                      

How Do You Find This Award Winning Chili Recipe?
Just like the Spinach Artichoke Dip Recipe, click here to find my Award Winning Chili Recipe on Suite101. As always, you can print it off, email it to a friend or bookmark it for later. While you're there, click around for more of my recipes. There's something there for every taste!

                                                                      

SPLIT PEA SOUP RECIPE

                                                   

Split Pea Soup With Barley
It's late fall and the weather has been cold, raw and windy. Time to take out that stock pot that's been stuffed in the pantry all summer and make some chunky, thick and hearty SPLIT PEA SOUP! Although this Split Pea Soup takes a good two hours to simmer, the recipe does go together rather quickly, and your house will smell heavenly while it merrily bubbles away! Ultimate cold weather comfort food at its best!

                                                                             

The Split Pea Soup was thin while it was cooking, but it thickened up real fast!

This SPLIT PEA SOUP is very chunky with barley and carrots. The longer it sits, the thicker it gets! Even though my recipe for Split Pea Soup, found here at Suite101, is vegetarian, don't let that scare you meat eaters away! You'll probably notice by the pictures that I added kielbasa to it at the very end. The recipe makes a large amount, so I cut up one pound of turkey kielbasa, but you can use any variety you like best. Serve the soup with hunks of fresh French Bread to sop up the bottom of the bowl.

                                                                          

SPLIT PEA SOUP WITH BARLEY freezes real well, so make a big batch, portion it out in Ziploc containers and you'll have a few lunches for the rest of the week! Bon Appetit!

NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER RECIPE

                                                    

New England Clam Chowder Recipe
I've been wanting to make a pot of New England Clam Chowder since the weather turned cool a few weeks ago. Actually, I've been on a serious soup and chowder binge lately. This phenomenon happens every year during the fall. The weather changes and I hunker down in the boat, cooking and baking like a crazy woman! So far, in the past 2 weeks, we've had Chunky Corn Chowder, Clam Chowder, Vegetarian Chili (you can make it with meat too) and Split Pea Soup (photos coming soon). And, I took photos of all my soups to share with you! Oooo, I haven't made my French Onion Soup in a while! Maybe I'll make that this weekend.

                                                                         

I used Fresh Clams and Canned Juice from the Seafood Store

New England Clam "Chowdah"
That's how they say it in some areas of the country! Here in Rhode Island, we say it both ways - Chowdah and Chowder - as in "Chowdah & Clam Cakes"! Speaking of which...If anyone has ever been to Iggy's Doughboys and Chowder House and had their famous clam chowder, let me know? They're right around the corner from me and their doughboys are wicked good! We could meet and do lunch!

                                                                     

Fried and Crumbled Bacon for the Chowder

This New England Clam Chowder Recipe is a large one and serves about 15! Start with a big 8 quart stock pot, or divide the recipe in half. I used bacon this time, but I've also used salt pork in the past too. If you don't eat pork products, you could substitute vegetarian Fakin' Bacon with good results.

                                                                             

This is what's known as Clam Base or Clam Bouillon

Fresh Clams or Canned Clams?
My clam chowder is the white New England version made with cream or half & half. I like red potatoes in my chowder, not the boring old white potatoes. You can use fresh clams and shuck them yourself, or chopped clams from a can and clam juice. Because I live in Rhode Island, I can buy fresh clams from the fish store down the street. They're already shucked and chopped and they're not very expensive. If you have a choice, definitely use fresh clams. You'll notice the difference in taste and texture.

                                                                           

Fresh Minced Parsley

                                                            

Can You Smell the New England Clam Chowder Yet?

So, put on a pot of New England Clam Chowder this week, grab some oyster crackers or a big loaf of fresh French bread, and enjoy a bowl on me!

                                                                          

CORN CHOWDER RECIPE ~ Quick & Easy, Thick & Chunky

                                             

Corn Chowder ~ The Ultimate Comfort Food
Winter is right around the corner, and what better way to ward off the cold weather than with a bowl of homemade Chunky Corn Chowder? It's the ultimate comfort food! Our family loves thick and chunky soups and chowders. They're usually a quick & easy meal to prepare. Prep some veggies, throw them in a pot, let them simmer and viola! Hot and steamy soup or chowder!

                                                                      

Quick & Easy, Thick & Chunky Corn Chowder
It took a while to get this recipe just the way my family likes it. They ate all the flops and rejects. It was either that, or they went hungry for the night! In the beginning, I started off by making a flour and butter roux. It made the corn chowder too thick and pasty. So, I fooled around with corn starch and that seemed to do the trick. Nice and thick without the paste! Make sure to mix the cornstarch in cold water before you add it to the hot chowder. Cornstarch doesn't work by mixing it into hot chowder. You'll have a lumpy mess by taking that short cut. This CHUNKY CORN CHOWDER RECIPE makes a big batch. Use at least an 8 quart stock pot. It keeps for a few days in the fridge and even seems to get better with age!

                                                      


Vegetarian, Vegan & Low-Fat Options
This recipe is easy to adapt to vegetarian, vegan or low-fat corn chowder. Just substitute the offending ingredients - bacon, milk or cream and chicken broth. Instead, use Fakin' Bacon, soy milk and vegetarian bouillon. If you don't like red peppers, use green peppers or diced carrots. For "real" corn chowder use roasted corn OFF the cob!

                                                                    

Corn Chowder Serving Suggestions
Cut up a big loaf of crusty French or Italian bread and dunk! Serve with oyster crackers (why do they call them oyster crackers? They have nothing to do with oysters!) or Ritz Crackers. Make some fresh croutons and garnish with a few on top. Make a loaf of beer bread and slather it with butter and enjoy! Click here for the best CHUNKY CORN CHOWDER RECIPE. Your family will love you for it! 

                                                         

AWARD WINNING VEGETARIAN CHILI RECIPE - Hamburger Chili Too!

                                            

Award Winning Vegetarian Chili
This Vegetarian Chili really did win an award! It was a nice shiny trophy for the best Vegetarian Chili evah! Well OK, not really, but close! My son Brad entered my chili in the Country Home Chili Cook-Off Contest in Vergennes, Vermont while he was working there in 2003. When he came home with this trophy, I was shocked! I asked him if I was the only one entered, and he laughed and said there were plenty of contestants, but mine was the best. He loves his Mom, so of course he tells me what I want to hear!! Click here for my Award Winning Vegetarian Chili Recipe.

                                                                     

                                                                              

What is TVP?
This yummy chili has all the standard ingredients in it. Onions, peppers, garlic, beans, tomatoes, spices and TVP. WHAT? What is TVP? TVP is short for Textured Vegetable Protein. It's a soy product that mimics all sorts of meat. The first impression you'll get when you see this *interesting* food(?) is that it looks like dried dog food chunks. I know, appetizing isn't it? It all depends what you reconstitute it with. I soak mine in a mixture of BBQ sauce and boiling water, so it has a nice smoky flavor when it's all done. You can find TVP in health or natural health food stores like Whole Foods. It comes in chunks or small granuals. Its a great source of protein, so if you're a vegetarian, TVP will help get your protein. Because it's dried, it weighs virtually nothing, and it keeps for a very long time if stored in sealed dry containers or zip-lock bags. TVP is one of those foods that's good to have on hand just in case the lights go out!

                                                                         

Vegetarian Chili or Hamburger Chili, You Decide!
I've been making this Vegetarian Chili for many, many years. How many? I don't have enough fingers and toes to count that high! I can see the confused and quizzical look on your face that leaves you thinking, "Was Donna 10 or 15 when she started making this chili?" Yes, believe whatever you want. John and the kids always loved when I made my chili. But I would pay dearly from the nuclear fallout - the stinky cloud that would engulf our home - just hours after we got up from the table.

                                                            

Meat-Lovers Chili Too!
For all your meat-loving friends, you can make this chili with hamburger, ground turkey, sausage or chicken too. Just brown the meat with the onions, peppers and garlic before you add the rest of the ingredients. I add corn and fresh cilantro to mine as a variation and serve it over brown jasmine rice. Add a pan of cornbread and dinner is served! You'll love it. I know you will!

So...click here for my Award Winning Vegetarian Chili Recipe.