Around Christmastime a friend of ours blessed us with a turkey. His work gave him one and he, being a bachelor and having a Mom who made ham for Christmas, he decided that we would probably get more out of it then him…
Indeed! 🙂
I put it in the deep freeze and brought it out last Thursday. On Friday morning I cut up some of the breast and fried the pieces up in coconut oil
After breakfast I put the remainder of the turkey in a LARGE stockpot
After picking the turkey clean of meat I then returned all the bones back to the stockpot and added some veggies and made stock.
Out of that one turkey let me tell you how many meals I rendered…
- Fried Turkey Breast, with biscuits and gravy for breakfast/
- Fried rice, rice was cooked in turkey stock and then pieces of meat and vegetables was added into the final product.
- Turkey stew. Stock, meat and veggies were added together with leftover rice (made with turkey stock) for a very satisfying and warm lunch.
- Turkey and veggies.
- Turkey Pot Pie
- I really used lots of veggies in the mix to make the meat stretch farther, so we had leftovers for these meals, giving Shannon lunches for the next day! SCORE!!
- And I have about 8 more quarts of stock in the freezer.
What a blessing!!!
Out of one bird we were fed and nourished so many times.
Thank you to our sweet friend, your gift was truly enjoyed. 🙂
My Cup Runneth Over…
Chas
