Delicious Paleo Duck Stock Soup

I absolutely love soups during the cold winter months, and the last few months have been no exception this year. They’re a great way to meal plan and have a ton of food ready to go for the week, they keep you warm on these freezing winter days and often provide the opportunity to get in a ton of veggies per meal.

We kept things pretty low key for Christmas, but decided we wanted a bit of a fancier dinner for Christmas Day. Luckily for us we had a beautiful duck in the freezer and decided to cook it up.

After dinner was finished, we found a recipe and made it our own! What follows is what we made from our leftovers into a delicious soup.

Stock Recipe

• 1 duck carcass
• 1 cup of chopped organic carrots
• 1 cup of chopped organic celery
• 1 cup peeled and chopped organic parsnips
• 1 large chopped organic yellow onion
• 4 cloves of chopped organic garlic
• 4 bay leaves
• Salt and Pepper

Stock Instructions

1. Put all of the above ingredients (except the salt/pepper) into a large soup pot and cover with enough filtered water so the water line is a few inches above the veggies/carcass.
2. Slowly bring up to a simmer and let simmer for 6-8 hours.
3. Strain the broth, season with salt and pepper to taste

Soup Recipe

• Stock**
• 1 package of chopped organic or free run bacon
• 1 cup chopped organic celery
• 2 cups chopped organic carrots
• 2 large organic onions chopped
• 2 cups of chopped organic bok choy
• 2 cups of chopped organic mushrooms**
• 1 cup chopped organic zucchini (we used marrow squash from our garden)
• 1 cup chopped swiss chard with stems removed**
• 1 head chopped organic broccoli

Soup Instructions

1. Cook bacon but do NOT let it crisp, then set aside.
2. Bring stock up to a simmer in large soup pot
3. Add in the carrots, celery and simmer for 30 minutes
4. Then add in the mushrooms, onions, and simmer for another 20 minutes
5. Add in the bok choy, mushrooms, zucchini, kale/swiss chard, broccoli and simmer until they’re cooked to your liking
6. Add salt as needed (we didn’t add much though as the bacon provided most of what we liked)
7. ENJOY!

**Tips/Options

• The amount and/or type of stock you use is up to you!
• Add any other veggies you’d like!
• Button mushrooms have way less health benefits than many other varieties so avoid them where possible!
• We used our garden swiss chard but really any greens…spinach, collared greens, kale, etc will do!

What’s your favourite winter soup recipe? Make sure you tag me in a picture of it on instagram and I’ll be sure to try it out!