Lemon Turkey Soup

Name: Lemon Turkey Soup
Total time: 55
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; ½ cup chopped red onion; 1 clove garlic, minced; ¾ cup thinly sliced carrots; ½ cup chopped celery; ⅓ cup diced red bell pepper; 2 cups turkey stock; 1 cup diced cooked turkey; 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice; 2 teaspoons lemon zest; 2 cups fresh baby spinach leaves; 1 pinch sea salt; fresh ground black pepper to taste

Recipe by Gitano from allrecipes.com

55 Mins.

Ingredients

4 servings

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1 tablespoon olive oil
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½ cup chopped red onion
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1 clove garlic, minced
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¾ cup thinly sliced carrots
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½ cup chopped celery
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⅓ cup diced red bell pepper
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2 cups turkey stock

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1 cup diced cooked turkey
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2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
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2 teaspoons lemon zest
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2 cups fresh baby spinach leaves
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1 pinch sea salt
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fresh ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

Heat olive oil in a pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add carrots, celery, and red bell pepper; cook and stir until carrots begin to soften, 8 to 10 minutes.
Pour turkey stock into vegetable mixture and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until flavors blend, about 20 minutes.
Stir cooked turkey, lemon juice, and lemon zest into turkey stock mixture; simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes. Add spinach leaves, salt, and black pepper; simmer until spinach wilts and turns bright green, 1 to 2 minutes.