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If you’re a turkey leftover hater? Move along… River don’t have time for that nonsense.
But if you cherish every last scrap of that delectable Thanksgiving bird and are in need of one more yummy recipe to stretch the remaining poultry?
Behold the glory that is River’s Creamy Turkey and Wild Rice soup!
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We had turkey dinner.
Then we had turkey tettrazini, hot turkey sandwiches, cold turkey sandwiches and turkey salad.
Today, I’m using the very last of the meat to make my all time favorite soup.
It’s so thick and rich … you might as well call it stew.
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Stick to your ribs comfort food. When you’ve had a bowl of this, you know it.
Of course my texture sensitive husband hates all things crunchy ( rosemary, caraway seeds etc ) so I have to mix the wild rice with white…
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But that adds an extra layer of thickness while still retaining the flavor, so it’s an acceptable adaptation.
What’s that…
You have leftover turkey without a home?
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Get cookin’.
You won’t be sorry.
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River's world..... 
Just wait til you see my turkey post later today!!!
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Ohhh…thanks for this!! I needed something to get rid of the last small Tupperware bowl of turkey. I love mushrooms in anything, and this looks and sounds Ike it’s delish!! So your hubs has food texture issues?
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Just little hard crunchy things.
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Thank you for this!! I just made it for dinner and it’s so freaking delicious!! Seriously, it’s awesome and I’ll be making this after every Thanksgiving from now on!
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That’s great. Glad you like it! But don’t wait for Thanksgiving, it’s just as good with roast chicken.
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Ohhh. Sounds good!
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I drop a few sliced carrots in now and then as well.
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Enjoy every rib tickling slurp!
Glad you rebounded from your booster.
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I’m still a little swollen, but the pain is gone. Thanks.
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I will be making turkey soup this very afternoon. As a board certified soup doctoring specialist, I feel it is my duty to put this to the test. I will also have to make allowances for my lovely wife’s food foibles, but it looks like I can make something good out of it. Thanks for posting this and I’ll let you know how it comes out.
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I’ve used chicken instead of turkey, as well as added carrots. The mixed rice is alright…. But don’t leave out the wild altogether. It adds a lot of flavor.
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That soup looks wonderful!
I love the leftovers more than the actual dinner.
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It’s a versatile bird.
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Two days of Thanksgiving leftovers, max. That’s all I can handle. Then I’m like: Pizza? Mexican? Curry? Peanutbutter on saltines? Stale bread? Anything but more leftover Thanksgiving food, no matter how doctored and unrecognizable.
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We just had day 5. Turkey pot pie.
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I heated up the turkey soup last night . . . and then ate potato chips and buttered white rice instead. I just couldn’t do the Thanksgiving-flavored soup. I’ll try again tonight.
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I only have a handful of meat left now. One more cold sandwich….
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Looks amazing, but Tara isn’t into wild rice. I do make turkey soup on Thanksgiving and then enjoy that for the next week or so.
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My other half hates it. This is the only way I can slip some in…
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