Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2007

My family and I loved this. It was very easy and the dumplings were much better than expected. This recipe also works well with chicken and the dumplings are good in other dishes that have dumplings.

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Emily

Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2007

Our Thanksgiving turkey was a little overcooked this year so I thought this recipe would be perfect to bring a little moisture to the meat. I used 8 cups of organic chicken broth (msg free!) instead of the bouillon and reduced the water to 4 cups. I added a little extra celery & onion to the broth while it was cooking. My local grocery was out of rutabaga so I substituted 2 golden potatoes. 12 min. was perfect for the dumplings.. thou I imagine it would depend on how big you make them. Mine were a little smaller than a golf ball but grew to twice that big in the pot. I also threw in a half cup of wild rice to the mix which was wonderful, but make sure to add more water or broth to the pot if you do.

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Robin

Living In: Sedona, Arizona, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 20, 2007

Was really good! It made a lot and I froze half of it for a future dinner. Even my picky children liked it!

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MOUNTAINJENN

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Manassas, Virginia, USA

Living In: Pollock Pines, California, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 4, 2007

Delicious..even the skeptics in the family, once they tasted it, enjoyed and went back for seconds. One bit of advice - the flour/milk mixture NEEDS to be strained while adding it to the stock...otherwise, you'll have pasty lumps to explain..giggle...(learned from experience)!

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Susan

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Niagara Falls, New York, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 19, 2007

This soup was sooooo good. I too used potatoes instead of rutabaga and egg noodles instead of the dumplings. Be careful not to let it simmer too long like I did, otherwise the noodles will suck up all of the liquid. Even with the reduced amount of soup, it turned out great!

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emma

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Fairfield, California, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2007

What a fantastic recipe.My family loved it and I have very picky children. I didn't try the dumplings and I substituted the rutabaga for potato. We used a free range fresh turkey and there was no fat or greasey texture like with some soups. It was awesome!

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laura

Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2007

This stuff was great. I also used potato in place of rutabaga (because it was what I had on hand) and I did't have time to try the dumplings. But altogether it was very good. Thanks!

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newwifeandmom

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Sandy, Utah, USA

Living In: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2006

This was the best recipe for turkey soup I have ever come across, it was just delicous. I followed the directions exactly with exception to the addition of potatoes and I removed the rutabaga. I did make the parsley dumplings but both DH and I didn't really care for them, they are very gummy and heavy in texture and there isn't a lot of flavour. I don't believe I will ever use another turkey soup recipe, but I will likely not make the dumplings again. **EDIT** I just wanted to add that this soup is even better the next day and the dumplings, while still a little on the heavy side, taste MUCH better!

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kelcampbell

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Kemptville, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2006

the dumplings were hard and rubbery. But the soup itself was fantastic. I need to find a good dumpling recipe

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emmy

Reviewed: Jan. 12, 2006

Great soup for leftover turkey. I didn't make the dumplings and omitted the rutabaga (whatever that is??) I used more bouillon probably 6 cubes or so. Came out really great!!Freezes great too!

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