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34 things to do with leftover turkey
In case you still have plastic containers overflowing with turkey in your fridge, here are some ideas for what to do with it from the folks at McCormick & Schmick’s.
- Use it in lasagna for a healthy alternative to ground beef or sausage.
- Hide it in chili.
- Make a good old-fashioned comfort-food hot dish, complete with cream of something soup.
- Make a turkey pot pie.
- Boil the bones to make a delicious turkey stock to use later for soups and stews.
- Use the turkey stock for turkey soup.
- Create turkey omelets.
- Use it as a topping on bruschetta.
- Turkey sandwiches for bagged lunches.
- Try it in tacos.
- Give your dog or cat a special treat.
- Have a post-Thanksgiving party and ask your friend to come up with creative turkey recipes that they bring to the party; award a prize.
- Turkey jerky.
- Doggie bags for friends, neighbors and extended family.
- Make turkey tetrazzini or any pasta for that matter.
- Don’t forget to break the wishbone and make a wish.
- Serve open-faced hot turkey and gravy sandwiches.
- Send the leftovers with your son who lives in a fraternity.
- Slice it and freeze it for a wonderful warm up supper in January.
- Turkey pizza with sundried tomatoes and lots of cheese.
- Toss turkey into a salad.
- Make turkey curry.
- Host a leftover turkey eating contest.
- Top it with your favorite sauce - cheese, Hollandaise, ketchup, barbecue, etc.
- Make turkey hash for a day after turkey breakfast, lunch or dinner.
- Create Mexican inspired turkey enchiladas that won’t remind everyone of the turkey dinner the night before (recipe below).
- Turkey noodle soup.
- Instead of chicken salad sandwiches, opt for turkey salad.
- Leftover holiday turkey gumbo.
- Stuff peppers or zucchini with turkey.
- Turkey nachos for game day.
- Make a delicious and easy creamy turkey melt (recipe below).
- Try an Asian or Chinese inspired dish such as turkey chow mein.
- Make one of these delicious turkey dishes and bring it to a neighbor.
Turkey Enchiladas
1/2 pound turkey
1 cup mild “thick” salsa
1/2 cup sliced olives
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
One 8 oz container soft cream cheese (with chives/onions recommended)
Six 6-inch flour tortillas
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack or Cheddar cheese
In one quarter casserole dish, heat turkey, salsa, olives and garlic powder. Spread 2 tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture on each tortilla, top with 1/3 cup turkey/salsa mixture in center of each tortilla. Roll up, place seam side down in greased baking dish. Cook on high for 4 to 6 minutes or until heated through, rotating dish once during cooking. Top with cheese and cook 1 to 2 minutes until cheese is melted.
Creamy Turkey Melt
1/2 cup chopped red onion
5 Tbsp. butter or margarine, softened, divided
3 ounces cream cheese, cubed
1/3 cup sour cream
2 cups cubed cooked turkey
8 slices dark rye or pumpernickel bread
4 slices Swiss cheese
In a saucepan over medium heat, sauté onion in 1 tablespoon of butter until tender. Reduce heat to low. Add cream cheese and sour cream; cook and stir until smooth. Add turkey; cook until heated through (do not boil). Spoon 1/2 cup filling onto four slices of bred; top with a slice of cheese. Spread outside of bread with remaining butter. In a skillet over medium heat, cook sandwiches until lightly browned on both sides.
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