Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends! We had the big feast at my house yesterday with a 27-lb turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, squash, my mom’s heavenly gravy…all the good stuff, followed by pumpkin pie, ice cream, chocolate macaroons, cherry-cheese tarts and my sister Margie’s famous homemade chocolate chip cookies. I felt more stuffed than the turkey after dinner. Good thing I was wearing my jeans with spandex. And because of the drizzle, we didn’t even lace up our sneakers and go for a long walk like we usually do to burn off the extra calories. Oh well. Does lounging on the couch with a converter in your hand watching football raise your heart rate at all?
Now I have to deal with all the leftovers and the temptation they create each time I open the fridge! I’ve chopped up the turkey, both light and dark meat, to make turkey salad for sandwiches. Here’s what I put in it: chopped turkey, minced celery, chopped dried cranberries, chopped walnuts, chopped green onions, then add some light mayo (not fat-free; YUCK-O) and some salt and pepper. Stuff in a whole-wheat pita with lettuce or roll up in a flour tortilla. Colorful, crunchy, delicious!
I’d love to hear some other ideas for using leftover turkey, other than the traditional hot open-faced turkey sandwich (not that there’s anything wrong with that!). Enjoy your day off 
3 responses so far ↓
1 Lorraine // Oct 10, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Our family’s traditional Thanksgiving leftover lineup went like this: hot turkey sandwiches, turkey curry, then turkey soup. How about turkey fajitas? Or turkey pot pie?
2 Theresa // Oct 10, 2007 at 3:33 pm
broccoli, slivered almonds, craisins, turkey all mixed up with low fat mayo
3 patty // Oct 14, 2007 at 1:15 pm
I use the chopped turkey in recipes that call for cooked chicken, like chicken enchiladas, chicken divan (it’s a crockpot recipe and calls for chicken, broccoli, cream of mushroom soup, mayo, celery, curry powder, onions. You mix it an put it on low for about 4 hours and then serve over egg noodles.), etc. I also make stir-fries with the turkey, lots of veggies and some oyster sauce (or sometimes I make a sauce from one of the recipes in your books and use it in my stir-fry). One of my favorite soups for turkey is your Mother Souperior Barley soup. Yummy!
Also, I often bag up some of the meat and freeze it for later when I need turkey or chicken for a recipe.
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