Healthy Turkey Pot Pie Soup Recipe - Easy Way to Use Leftover Turkey (2024)

This Healthy Turkey Pot Pie Soup is a lightened up version of a classic! Loaded with leftover holiday turkey, veggies, black eyed peas, cozy spices, and topped with leftover pie crust!

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Healthy Turkey Pot Pie Soup.

Yep.

I love this recipe for so many reasons, but here are my top two:

1. It’s a healthier version of a beloved comfort food classic. I dare you to tell me you don’t LOVE cozy chicken pot pie during the freezing cold winter months. But making it healthy and into a hearty soup? That’s a win win situation.
2. It uses leftover holiday turkey (could also use leftover chicken outside the holiday season). I mean, while I do LOVE turkey, you can only eat so much before you get bored, so why not throw it into a soup?

Soup’s on, my friends!

I looooooove soup. I could eat soup all day, every day. Creamy, thin, hearty, rich, chunky. I’ll take it any way I can get it.

Trevor, on the other hand, isn’t as easy to please with soup. He needs something hearty and full of texture.

This healthy turkey pot pie soup is right up his alley.

You’ll start by heating up a touch of oil in a large stockpot.

Once hot, saute some onions, celery, carrots, garlic, and spices – salt, pepper, dried rosemary, dried thyme, Italian seasoning, and nutmeg – together.

Then you’ll add in some cornstarch <– this helps to thicken the soup a bit.

Next, you’ll stir in chicken broth, skim milk, diced potatoes, leftover turkey, frozen peas, and black eyed peas! Bring to a simmer and you’re done!

Bonus: if you want to go one step further, I served this up with just a little leftover pie crust!

So… why the black eyed peas, Jennifer? That’s not traditionally in pot pie! Well, I wanted to make this recipe healthier, and one of my FAVORITE ways to up the health stats in comfort food recipes like this is using tons of pulses and veggies.

If you’re not sure what pulses are, they’re dry peas, chickpeas, lentils, and beans. They’re full of protein and are really tasty! Today, we’re using black eyed peas.

Lately, I’ve been trying to incorporate pulses at LEAST 3 times a week. It’s easy! Want to join me in the challenge? Sign up for the Half-Cup Habit, and see just how easy it can be to add ½ cup serving of pulses to your diet 3 times a week.

Throw a bunch into a soup like this healthy turkey pot pie soup and you’re done!

Easy peasy.

Healthy turkey pot pie soup. Healthy, hearty, full of textures, flavors, and cozy spices. It’s everything you could ever want in a winter soup!

Enjoy!

– Jennifer

Thanks again to our friends atthe USA Pulses & Pulse Canada for sponsoring today’s post!