Initially, my desire to learn how to cook came out of desperation. I was a college student on a budget who was tired of dorm food! I started off with the basics, like meatloaf and mashed potatoes. It’s been a few years since those meat n’ taters days, but I still don’t know how to make a good broth!

Though I crave fresh food, I still find myself resorting to grocery store broths! But even they can’t capture the flavor found in my grandma’s made-from-scratch soups. It’s times like these that I’ll happily cave and follow a recipe. Sometimes you just want the good stuff, like Kristina’s Turkey Stock and Turkey Noodle Soup. The only thing you have to rely on the grocery store for when you make her soup is the produce! In addition to that, all you’ll need is some turkey and a few spices.

In About a Bit of Everything, Kristina says she made this broth using turkey leftovers. But there are two other great things about the broth worth mentioning. One: You can make a ton one day and freeze the rest for later. Two: You determine how much salt goes into it; you don’t have to worry about reading the no/low/high sodium labels on canned soups anymore :)! This recipe that Kristina shares is low in sodium.