• Let’s get the bacon cooking first – Either pan fry until crisp or bake in the oven while you prepare the rest of the recipe.
• To bake - preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed sheet pan with foil. Place your bacon in the pan and bake for 15 minutes or until crisp.

  To pan fry - place your bacon in a frying pan on medium-low heat and cook bacon until crisp.

  Let cool and crumble. Set aside.
  

To make dumplings

• In a large bowl, combine the stuffing, bread crumbs, eggs and parmesan.
  
• Roll into dumplings about the size of a walnut. It should make about 24 dumplings. Set aside.
  
• In a medium stockpot, bring the stock and 3 cups water to a boil. Add the dumplings; simmer covered, turning occasionally 15 minutes or until cooked through.
  
• Using a slotted spoon, carefully transfer the dumplings to a shallow bowl; reserve the cooking liquid in the pot.

To make soup

• In a large bowl, whisk the mashed potatoes and 2 cups of the cooking liquid from the dumplings until relatively smooth and pour it back into the pot.
  
• Bring the soup to a boil, stirring often then the reduce heat to simmer.
• Add the turkey and your choice of veggies to the soup and simmer until just heated through, two to three minutes.
  
• Divide the dumplings among bowls, ladle the hot soup over the dumplings and sprinkle with the crumbled bacon.