Tis The Season Again

There's nothing any better than a steaming hot bowl of Turkey soup to soothe the savage beast 

...unless it's a Lemon Meringue pie, 

but the soup is by far the healthier choice 

and when you have a 

beast of a cold,

 it doubles as a natural decongestant.

Turkey soup - the ultimate comfort food.

I usually make my Turkey Soup loaded with veggies, 

but since this pot was going to be shared with my Day Care kiddies

 I went easy on the veggies and added lots of noodles.

Turkey Soup

 To make soup stock use left over turkey bones from the last time you got "stuffed."

Cover with water and simmer for one hour, cool. 

Strain, keeping liquids for the soup. 

Carefully, especially if feeding to kids,

 remove all the meat from bones and add back to the pot with the stock.

 Add: 

pepper to taste

1-2 tsp. summer savory or more to taste

1/2 tsp. sage

2 pkg. chicken bullion

 Add to the pot whatever veggies you want. 

This time I added:

4 potatoes, diced

1 small onion finely chopped

2 c. carrots, diced

Simmer until veggies are tender. 

If you want to add peppers, mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower

or noodles, 

add them about 10 minutes before soup is done.

Another handy thing  to assist when battling a head cold

 is a Neti Pot. 

It may take a few times to get used to using one,

 but they really work.

Just add 1/2 tsp. sea salt and a pinch of baking soda 

with slightly warm water and start pouring.

For detailed instructions on the correct way 

to use a neti pot you can 

watch a video here.

But if Turkey soup and Neti Potting

 isn't your idea of pampering a cold 

...there's always Lemon Pie.

You can salivate over this one,

but the recipe

 remains with me!