Dressing Up Leftovers

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what I like about using the bottles is that I've already paid for the container and when it comes time to thaw the stock/broth, I can sit it in a sink of warm water to speed the process and not worry about contamination. The stock works great with left over chicken as well so if you wanted to make a quick chicken soup, roast a couple of chickens and use one meal of meat to make a nice quick soup. The nice thing you simmer the veggies in the stock with a bay leaf or two and when they get tender you add your already cooked poultry to heat up to serving temps. If you want to add some carbs to the meal you can add noodles or some other shape of pasta in the last 15 minutes of cooking time and the pasta will take on the flavor of the soup and make it a bit heartier if that makes sense? I like lots of veggies so my soups aren't really traditional in the sense of only carrots and potatoes, I add peas, green beans ...since we don't put sauces on our veggies if I have any left overs I put them in ziplock containers (fake tupperware but lots less expensive) and toss them in the freezer for soup night.