Recipes

Cook turkey legs in the slow cooker for thighs and drumsticks that are juicy, tender, and perfectly seasoned. Try this for Thanksgiving when you don't want to cook an entire turkey. My daughters and husband love this with jellied cranberry sauce, quick stuffing, and gravy.

This recipe for mason jar instant noodles is written for 1 mason jar, and you can easily scale it for the number of jars you would like to make. My noodles come in an 8-ounce box, so I typically prepare 4 jars at a time. Fresh bean sprouts were not available to me at this time but they make a great addition here.

This classic pastina soup with tender chunks of chicken, tiny Italian pastina pasta, carrots, and parsley has all the rich flavors you need in a comforting bowl of homemade soup.

Roasting a few turkey legs is a great way to have a small-scale Thanksgiving dinner. You don't need to worry about cooking a whole roasted turkey from scratch, and this recipe can be easily doubled to serve more people.

My chicken tortilla soup is not a fast recipe, but it is one of the greatest chicken soup experiences known to man. The smoky, spicy, slowly simmered tomato chicken broth is made from scratch, and the soup is topped with all your favorite garnishes: toasted tortilla strips, sour cream, avocado, cilantro, lime, and crumbled Mexican cheese.

This recipe is perfect if you're cooking Thanksgiving for just two people and you don't want to spend the time cooking a whole bird and dealing with all of the leftovers. The skin gets crispy like it has been deep-fried while the meat stays juicy and tender.

These Nashville hot turkey legs are breaded, deep fried, then doused in hot, spicy oil.

Egg drop soup is a favorite of mine. After many trips to different Chinese restaurants to enjoy it, I decided to create the ultimate egg drop soup recipe at home. Sesame oil is the key! I hope you like it as much as I do.

This creamy chicken vegetable soup is pure comfort food and a great way to use leftover chicken. Feel free to play around with the herb combination; I also like it with oregano and dill.

Rachel Parton George makes this rustic chicken dish for her sister, Dolly Parton, every year on her birthday.

This quick and easy no-chop chicken and wild rice soup is for those weeks when you have neither the time or energy to pull off a soup with freshly-chopped ingredients. This is my big batch go-to for Sunday weekly lunch prep.

This miso chicken noodle soup, with thick, chewy udon noodles and a savory miso broth, is a tasty—and very easy—remake of traditional chicken noodle soup.

This copycat Chick-fil-A chicken tortilla soup is a seasonal favorite from the chain. When you're craving it and it's not the season. . . no problem! It's simple to make and you can whip up a batch in less than 20 minutes. I like to serve this with quesadillas.

This creamy chicken and mushroom soup is a lovely soup that comes together fairly quickly thanks to rotisserie chicken, but tastes like it simmered all day.

Soup season calls for this chicken pot pie soup with pie crust dumplings. Folded pie-dough pieces play the part of bouncy dumplings, and rotisserie chicken shortens the cook time. If you like, swap the Italian seasoning for chili powder or curry powder.

Mulligatawny soup means "pepper water," and curry is the particular ingredient that gives this incredible dish such a delicious flavor, or so I'm told. This old recipe was given to me long ago.