What To Do With Leftover Turkey? Easy Snack and Supper Recipes With Leftovers

Turkey meat is a healthy, low fat meat. Turkey breast has only 29 calories per ounce and the leg only 40 calories per ounce. Don't waste your leftover turkey. Make delicious snacks and suppers for all the family.

My leftover list:

A Turkey Sandwich:

• Sliced turkey breast topped with a little stuffing and cranberry sauce, sandwiched between two buttered slices of your favorite bread. Delightful. Turkey and coleslaw or turkey and potato salad make fab sandwich fillers too.

A Toasted Turkey and Cheese Melt:

• This tasty melt is a personal favorite. Slice a panini bread in half and place under the grill to lightly toast the bread. Smother one half of the toasted bread with mustard or cranberry sauce and top the other half with sliced turkey and grated cheese (use cheddar or a similar cheese) and return to the grill to melt the cheese. Sandwich together and enjoy.

A Turkey Tortilla:

• Get yourself a flour tortilla and spread with a little mayo. Top with shredded lettuce, diced cucumber and sliced turkey and stuffing. Dot over a little tomato chutney. Roll and slice in half. A quick tasty snack.

A Turkey Pancake:

• Mix up some pancake mix and make some pancakes. Keep warm under the grill. In a non stick pan gently heat some garlic and herb philadelphia with a splash of milk, add in the shredded turkey, stir to coat. Spread some of the mixture unto your pancake. Roll, slice in half and eat. Grown ups can add a splash of white wine or vermouth instead of the milk.

A Turkey Frittata:

• A turkey frittata. Boil up 4 to 5 potatoes in salted water. When cooked, steam. In a bowl mix up 4 eggs. Add in your turkey and potatoes. Season. A few snipped chives or chopped flat leaf parsley is good too. In a non stick pan heat a little oil. Pour in your mix. Move the mixture around a little till all the egg is just setting. Cook for a minute or two. Put a plate on top of the pan turning the pan over. Gently slide the frittata back into the pan to cook the bottom. Serve with a green salad and a dollop of cranberry chutney. Perfect.

Turkey Pizza:

• Buy a ready made pizza base (or a few). Liberally brush with BBQ sauce. Top with chopped turkey and sprinkle with sweet corn and spring onions. Grate over a little cheese (any hard cheese in the fridge). Bake according to the base instructions. This also works with ready made puff pastry.

Turkey Potato Cakes:

• Dice your turkey meat. Finely chop a onion and a red pepper. Mix together with mash potato (made from 3/4 medium potatoes) and a beaten egg. Season and mould into cake shapes. Lightly flour the cakes. Heat some oil in a non stick pan and fry your cakes for 2/3 minutes on each side. The cakes should be an even golden colour. Gorgeous. Serve with a dollop of mayo or cranberry chutney.

Turkey Caesar Salad:

• Choose a crisp lettuce like curly endive for this recipe. Fry some stale bread cubs to make croutons. Thinly slice a red salad onion. Cut the turkey in to chunks. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Dress with a good quality caesar dressing. Toss and serve on to individual plates. Shave over some parmesan cheese to serve.

Turkey Bake:

• Cook off some pasta according to instructions and drain. In a bowl mix diced turkey with a little grated cheese, fresh thyme leaves, white sauce and the cooked pasta. Put the mix into an oven proof dish. Top with more grated cheese. Dot with little blobs of butter. Bake for about 20/25 minutes on a medium heat. By all means add a veg if you want to bulk up this dish. Peas or broccoli work a treat.

Turkey Jacket:

• Top a jacket potato with diced turkey mixed with any of the following combinations. Sweet corn and mayonnaise. Sour cream and chives. Tomato salsa and crispy bacon.

• The above dishes are plain and simple. However a little garlic, chili or a favorite herb in your frittata, sprinkled on your pizza or moulded into your turkey cakes will change the flavor to something more exotic.
• A favorite topping, sauce or chutney can liven up sandwiches, toasties and jacket potatoes.

Add Turkey to your Favorite Family Dishes:

• Casseroles
• Curries
• Omelets
• Pasta
• Quiches
• Savory pies
• Soups
• Stews
• Stroganoff
• Stir fry

• Simply replace your usual meat with chunks of turkey for casseroles, curries, stews, stroganoffs and stir fries. Shredded or smaller turkey pieces will work for omelets, pasta, quiches, soups and savory pies.
• Of course there's nothing better than a plate of cold turkey, sliced tomatoes, pickled chutney, crusty bread and a glass of dry white wine. Perfect.
• There is no hard and fast rule with left over turkey. A healthy meat like this certainly shouldn't be saved for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
• If you do find yourself slaving over a big family dinner, take a leaf out of my book. Spread your hard work over a few days with some easy dishes. After all that cooking you deserve a rest too!

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