Turkey Slow Cooker Soup - Freezer Friendly!

I love it when I get to make a turkey!  It means I get to have left overs for soup :) 

Ingredients

1 turkey carcass, broken into several pieces
8 cups or water or brooth
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 onions, chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
1 carrots, peeled and chopped
2 tablespoons parsley, fresh chopped
1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
1 bay leaves
6 ounces noodles, cooked and drained

To Prepare for Freezing

Combine turkey carcass and water in crock pot. Add salt, pepper, onion, celery, carrots, parsley, marjoram, and bay leaf.  Cover and cook on LOW 5-6 hours.  Remove carcass and bay leaf from cooker.  Take meat off bones and return meat to broth.  Discard bones and bay leaf.
Let cool and place into freezer bags.



Cooking Directions from Freezer

Defrost.  Add cooked noodles to the pot.  Warm up soup and then serve.  You might have to add a bit of extra water.

Classic Onion Soup

This is yet another recipe that is a staple in our freezer!  It is great on cold days like today :)  We normally get about 6 meals.

Classic Onion Soup

Ingredients

4 large yellow onions, sliced
6 tbsp butter or margarine
1 tbsp sugar
8 cups reduced sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup red wine
Salt and Pepper to taste

To Prepare for Freezing

Melt butter in large saucepan.  Add onions.  Cook over medium heat for 12 minutes or until tender and golden.  Stir often.  Add sugar and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.  Add broth.  Cover and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat and simmer 12 minutes.  Add red wine and give a stir.  Season salt and pepper.

Let cool and put into freezer bags.  Lay flat in freezer.

Cooking Directions from Freezer

Once soup is defrost, heat up in pot.  Top with toast and sprinkle with cheese.