No plan, lots of leftovers, turkey stock to use.

With no plan, it led to a bit of laziness on my part, but a little creativity to.  I came up with a few things.  After making risotto last week, I just had the thought, what if you had a turkey risotto.  I've got the stock to infuse the rice with the flavor of turkey.  Leftover turkey and cranberry sauce.  So the idea came together, but there was no indication that it would actually taste good at the end.

I started with an onion, then added rice and then I took the stock (still reducing on the stove, since I had no place or containers to put it in the fridge) and started making the risotto.  After a bit of time on the stove, I added some chopped up turkey pieces and some of the leftover cranberry sauce.  It actually turned out pretty well, with the flavors of the roasted turkey coming through, topped with a bit of cranberry sauce.  I was pretty happy with the way that it turned out.

The other big item of the week was Turkey soup.  I didn't take as much time to develop as much flavor as I wanted before adding the stock (got home later then I intended), but even so It turned out great.  It was more like a Turkey and Rice soup.  I thought about adding potatoes, but because I was already running late, it didn't seem like it would be a timely addition.  It turned out really good, but when you have your own stock, it usually does.

We also ate a lot of leftovers.  This was good, if lazy and unplanned week.