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Oh, you may be stuffed to the gills with roast turkey and mashed potatoes today, but tomorrow you will definitely need some good turkey leftover ideas to deal with the remains of that bird. Not every holiday meal ends with the remains of a bird, picked clean sitting on the table, especially in this day and age with everyone watching their weight. You can make sure your turkey leftovers look like new tomorrow with our own turkey leftover ideas. In fact, it’s not that difficult to put together a new meal with the remains of your holiday meal. You can always put your turkey into a pot pie. That’s a warm, yummy meal and it certainly uses up the leftover gravy, veggies, turkey and mashed potatoes.
Turkey Pot Pie
1 cup cooked chopped turkey meat
2 unbaked pie shells or one unbaked pie shell and a healthy layer of mashed potatoes
1 can condensed golden mushroom soup or 10 ounces of turkey gravy
Leftover vegetables, drained or a can of mixed veggies
1/3 cup milk
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Place one pie crust in ungreased pie pan.
2. Mix the soup or gravy and milk in a bowl. Add to it the turkey meat and veggies. Pour the mixture into the pie crust. Top with other pie crust or a coating of leftover mashed potatoes.
3. Bake pot pie 45 minutes or until the crust is golden brown as all the ingredients are already cooked.
Doesn’t that just sound delicious? We should all go make a turkey pot pie right now. Well, right after you check out this simple additional idea for turkey leftovers. If you have plenty of turkey meat left you can easily turn it into a fresh turkey salad.
As turkey leftover ideas go this one will certainly be filling and refreshing for your guests the day after a hearty holiday meal. It’s got plenty of fresh herbs to lighten the palette, like celery and cilantro too.
Turkey Salad
5 cups chopped cooked turkey
1 diced fresh jalapeno pepper. For less heat, remove the seeds before dicing.
3 tbs. sweet pickle relish
1 cup diced celery
1 tbs. dried cilantro
2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. pepper
1 cup mayonnaise
1. Mix the turkey, celery, jalapeno, relish, and mayonnaise in a big bowl. Preferably this is one you can set into the refrigerator for later. Season the mixture with the cilantro, salt, and pepper. Chill in the refrigerator until serving. You can also cover the turkey salad and store it in the refrigerator for later. Serve on toasted bread or sandwich buns.
This is an incredibly easy recipe for using your remaining turkey leftovers after the celebration. Plus, it changes the taste and style of the meal so it seems fresh and interesting to your appetite the next day. The guests will probably want to take home some of your pot pie and turkey salad too. Try it and you’ll find out why turkey salad and turkey pot pie make great turkey leftover ideas!
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Here's one of the most unbelievable Thanksgiving facts: The Guinness Book of Records states that the greatest dressed weight recorded for a turkey is 39.09 kg (86 lbs), at the annual "heaviest turkey" competition held in London, England on December 12, 1989.
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