Homemade Wheat Noodle Soup

Growing up, we would always use the carcass from our Thanksgiving turkey and make homemade turkey stock. We made egg noodles and added our leftover turkey and we had turkey noodle soup! Delicious. This is my version...I made my noodles from whole wheat flour and added veggies to the soup. We cooked a small turkey this year and did not have many leftovers, so I did not add turkey. But you could if you have some leftover from the holidays! You can also make this with veggie stock!

Homemade Wheat Noodle Soup

(Stock)

1 turkey carcass

3 quarts cold water

1 large carrot, roughly chopped

2 celery stocks, roughly chopped

1 onion, roughly chopped

handful parsley

4 garlic cloves

4 bay leaves

 For turkey stock, place all ingredients in large pot. Bring to a boil and then simmer for about four hours. Strain stock and then you are ready to add your veggies and make your noodles.

(Soup)

1 cup chopped celery

1 cup chopped carrots

1/2 t poultry seasoning

1 t Himalayan salt (or to taste)

1/4 t pepper (or to taste)

chopped fresh Italian leaf parsley (to garnish)

Bring stock to boil and add all ingredients except parsley. Simmer for about 30 minutes. I make my noodles while the veggies are simmering.

(Noodles)

2 cups whole wheat flour (more for rolling out)

1/2 t Himalayan salt

3  eggs

1/4 c water

1 t EVOO

In a large bowl, whisk together wheat flour and salt. Make a well in the middle of the flour and add remaining ingredients. Mix with your hands until you form your dough. Knead a bit until it is combined well. Add more flour if necessary. Next, roll your dough out on the counter top as thin as you can, about 1/8", adding flour as necessary to prevent dough from sticking. The thinner the dough, the better your noodles will be. (This makes about 1 1/4 lbs of pasta dough.)

Take a pizza cutter and cut your noodles to desired size. I like mine thin and not too long. I coat the noodles with a little more flour and then add them to the veggies and stock. Simmer another 15-20 minutes or until noodles are soft and flavors are combined. Garnish with fresh parsley. Leftovers of this soup are delicious as well!