Thursday, November 19, 2015

It’s Time for Turkey



Ever since I was a kid, Thanksgiving meant leftovers. Creative dishes using the turkey inspired creative meals, such as turkey hash and turkey sandwiches. 



Lettuce, cranberry sauce, and a touch of salt and pepper delivered a flavorful variation of Thanksgiving dinner. Mom always made lots of yeast rolls (yummy), so we’d use the extras for sandwiches instead of ordinary bread. Thinly sliced turkey not only made the leftovers last longer, it made us kids think it was a special treat.



 By the time Sunday after Thanksgiving rolled around, we were gearing up for turkey soup. Besides potatoes and other vegetables, barley and tapioca was tossed into the liquid to add nutrition and substance to the soup. There was always enough soup to give to the elderly relatives nearby and to freeze up for use throughout the following year.

Maybe all that reminiscing affected my shopping habits last week. If I bought $25 of qualifying products, I could get a 12 pound turkey for $10 or a 22 pound turkey for $13. Big turkey in the basket, lickety-split. There’s going to be a lot of frozen soup and extra meat in the freezer come next Saturday, but that’s okay. There’s a large assortment of recipes to make with the extras. Turkey pot pie is a deliciously warm meal on a cold winter’s night.



Remember the pumpkin pie!


Do you have a favorite leftover turkey recipe you enjoy making?

22 comments:

  1. I chuckled when I read this because we rarely have leftovers from Thanksgiving and when we do, it's very little. We are a bunch of pigs here ;)

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  2. We have a huge family, so we don't have too many leftovers. We make a lot of sandwiches if we have leftover turkey though.

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  3. Turkey, turkey, turkey, turkey! We make enough for an army. We DO love our leftovers.

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  4. I actually HATE left overs. Not just thanksgiving, anytime. I cannot eat left overs. My husband takes turkey sandwiches to work or just a little bit of everything for his lunch after thanksgiving

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  5. I've been writing down a few leftover turkey recipes over the past couple of weeks. I'm hoping we can have a creative new recipe for the leftovers each day.

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  6. We smoke our family turkey which means we have to purchase a smaller bird that can fit into the smoker. With eleven people to feed, we have little leftovers, but I love a good turkey sandwich complete with hoagie roll, stuffing, cranberry sauce and a little mayonnaise.

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  7. I love Thanksgiving leftovers so much. This will be the first time that I don't have any, since we are taking a mini vacay over Thanksgiving holiday. I do have a nice reservation for us on Thanksgiving day. I'll probably end up doing turkey for Christmas this year instead of ham, to make up for it.

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  8. Turkey day is coming. Turkey day is coming. I actually may be cooking a turkey this year at my home I rent, the kids want to do a little meal here in our home we rent instead of going anywhere else. May be fun!

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  9. I really need to try a soup for the turkey. For the last few years I have just been buying the smaller turkey roasts.

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  10. My favorite leftover is just a basic turkey sandwich, nothing to fancy but I love those!

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  11. I am not a big turkey fan. Turkey soup would be the way I'd go.

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  12. We don't have many leftovers. We like our turkey!

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  13. There is nothing better than leftover turkey. I just make simple sandwiches but they are so good.

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  14. I love leftover turkey! I always use it for sandwiches!

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  15. We do have a few things we do with leftovers. I like coming up with new ideas.

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  16. Thanksgiving dinner is one of my favourite holiday meals. We normally do not have very many leftovers. I need to make more next year as I love Thanksgiving dinner leftovers.

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  17. Leftover stuffing always did it for me. Though it normally didn't last very long :)

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  18. I haven't tried to eat Turkey but it looks like big more than a chicken, I think it taste cool and yummy.

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  19. Ihaven't tried turkey soup but I think it sounds like a good idea. My family loves leftovers.

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  20. I make turkey about once a month at our house. The kids use the leftover meat for sandwiches and then I make soup or a casserole. We typically eat BBQ Turkey Nachos the day after we make turkey because everyone in the family loves it!

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  21. I just throw all of it in the oven and call it a day. I'm crazy like that.

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  22. We make left over turkey Sandwiches if we have left overs that is. Thank you for sharing.

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