Don't you just love Christmas? Not only do you get and give lovely presents to/from family and friends, you get to revel in the feast--for days on end. Mind you, I am not a great cook--but I'm getting better!
Yesterday I was just going to make a turkey salad sandwich and a turkey pot pie out of the leftovers. But after I got the bird out of the roasting pan, I figured--why not just get it all over with in one day instead of drawing the whole leftover prep out over the weekend.
Up first--lunch! Turkey salad. (Mmmmm.... It was delish.) I denuded the skeleton (isn't it funny to think of a turkey skeleton?), got out the soup pot and toss in all the bones. I boiled them for three hours. Meanwhile, I got my veggies ready for the soup and the turkey pie. Of course, lunch intervened, and by the time I'd strained the broth from the bones, I'd forgotten which bowl of veggies was what and dumped my turkey pie veggies in the soup. Oh, what the heck--I figured and dumped the rest of the veggies in the soup, too. Then I dumped in the meat that came off the bones. Whoa--this is one pretty thick soup.
I used a bunch of leftovers for my turkey pie, too. Leftover gravy, leftover pearl onions in white sauce, tossed in a can of chicken broth, more veggies and lots of meat. Whoa! Using the onion sauce and gravy really gave my pie a great taste.
I made everything without a recipe. I like the feeling I get when tossing stuff together and it coming out tasting very fine indeed. (Secret ingredient in both the soup and pie: a pinch of herbs de Provence--but just a pinch--that spice packs a lot of whollop!)
What great tasting food do you make without a recipe?
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