What Do You Do With Turkey Leftovers?
December 27, 2006 by Karen Weideman
Filed under food, frugal living, recipes
“On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, left over turkey. On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me, turkey casserole that she made from that turkey.” This was a song from a commercial that aired a few years ago. These may not be the exact words from the song, but I remember the commercial because it was a funny, catchy tune that talked about the many ways to use leftover turkey.
After Thanksgiving and Christmas, I always look forward to turkey and mustard sandwiches. I also enjoy making turkey salad. I just chop up the turkey and add mayo and dill relish, just like I would when making chicken salad. Another way to use the turkey is to make a turkey casserole. Just use a chicken casserole recipe, but substitute the chicken for turkey. At Thanksgiving I froze some leftover turkey. I just put some of the turkey into freezer bags and added some of the turkey juice on the meat so that it didn’t dry out.
There are many recipes out there for using the turkey that you have left from your Christmas meal. I did a google search for turkey leftovers and many sites popped up. Here is one that I found that lists some different recipes, as well as some other sites. The picture shown above is a turkey sandwich recipe from Kraftfoods.com.
So tell me, what do you do with your leftover turkey? Please share your tips and secrets with us. We want to be frugal by not wasting good food.
