a yummy post.

ok. so, while we were visiting family in iowa, garran's mom made some home made noodles. yummy.

they were so good. so much better than the store bought ones and not very hard to make at all.

so the other day we were at the store and decided to buy a turkey. i wanted to cook it and then take all the meet off for a couple different meals. one of them being turkey soup. (kind of a similar version to chicken noodle, but with turkey!) Garran had some free time today and so during quiet time at our house, we decided to give it a go.

here is Garran mixing up some eggs.

really getting in to it ;0)

then i started the kneading. you had to kneed for 10 minutes so we split it. as we were trading off, i jokingly said, "Hey, it's kind of like the movie ghost, except we are making noodles!" I got a small smile. not one of my better jokes. moving on....

after the kneading, we divided the dough and started rolling out small portions.

Garran likes the thin noodles, so that is what he cut.

i like the kind of blocky, square one.

Aren't they looking YUMMY!

Here is the broth from cooking the turkey all night in the crock pot. It will be tasty to add to the soup.

Ta-Da the turkey. There is a lot so I think we are going to do soup and then Garran requested we try some sort of loose meat turkey sandwich. We will see how it works. I am looking forward to trying out the noodles and seeing if they are any good!

It was fun to have Garran home for a little while and to be able to do something together while the kids were sleeping and playing!

ps. i should add. we originally cooked the turkey in the oven. we had a little for dinner the other night and then just put it back in the crock pot with water, salt and pepper until the meat was just falling off the bone.