Wednesday, November 28, 2012

WHAT TO DO WITH LEFTOVER TURKEY (RECIPES)


Typically we go to my family's house for Thanksgiving but this year we stayed home. In doing so we made a turkey with all the fixings but what did we do with the leftover turkey?
 
 
Turkey Noodle Soup (you could also use chicken in place of the turkey as well)
 
Ingredients:
4 cups of turkey shredded
1 bag of egg noodles
1 package of chicken broth (48 oz)
3 large carrots
1 celery stock
1/2 of large Vadilla onion
2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp bay leaves
3 potatoes peeled



Chop up all the vegetables and cook (I boiled) until soft. Then boiled egg noodles will cooked. Then added the cooked egg noodles, cooked vegetables and shredded turkey (it was cold but cooked originally for Thanksgiving) and then added the chicken stock and cooked for 20 minutes all low. This recipe made enough to feed my family of 6 (some of use had 2 bowls) with enough leftovers for my husband and I to have lunch the next day.
 
 
Toasted turkey melt sandwiches
 
Ingredients
shredded turkey
cheddar cheese
bread (I used mountain bread from Publix)
 
 
Take a small layer of cheddar cheese and layer the bread for the bottom, then add the shredded turkey and then another small layer of cheddar cheese on top of the turkey then add the top piece of bread. Place in the oven or toaster oven on broil until the bread is toasted and the cheese is melted!
 
Both of these recipes are super easy and take almost no time to make! Keep these recipes in mind the next time you have leftover turkey!

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26 comments:

  1. What great ideas. I always have so much turkey in my fridge. We eat it year round!

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  2. Wow! This looks wonderful. I love all the flavors it contains!

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  3. Mmmm that looks so delicious!!

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  4. Our leftovers are already gone! I will have to remember these for next year

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  5. oh that melt looks so yummy! Thanks for the ideas!

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  6. That sandwich looks delish. Love your blog BTW. Striving to make mine 1/2 as wonderful as yours. From a fellow mom to 5 :)

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  7. We didn't have many leftover either but I am going to try the soup out with chicken. Thank you!

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  8. We went Turkey noodle soup, turkey subs, and potato and ham pancakes!! oh so yummy!! I still have a lot of stuffing left over...sigh

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  9. Great ideas and I might want to suggest them to MIL

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  10. I make turkey enchiladas. Turkey, sour cream, taco seasoning, and cheese mixed together and rolled into tortilla shells. Bake until heated and sprinkle with cheese.

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  11. Oh man. These look wonderful! We didn't cook this year so we have no leftovers. I hate not having leftovers. That's the best part! Thanks for the recipes!

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  12. This looks delicious. We made turkey casserole out of ours.

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  13. Yum! We had a ham this year so no leftover turkey for us.

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  14. Yumm!! Looks sooo good. The soup especially :)

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  15. That sandwiched looks gooooodddd! I love making new meals with the leftover turkey!

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  16. The Toasted turkey melt sandwiches sound like something I would totally enjoy!! Not so much the soup--I am not a fan of soup of any kind--but those sandwiches!!

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  17. yummy, this looks so good. Thank you for sharing.

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  18. Great choices. We made turkey chili with leftovers---it was delish.

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  19. I;m very impressed. YOu also do a great job taking pictures.

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  20. thanks for sharing these cool recipes!

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  21. We usually have lots of turkey leftovers too, but eat them as is. I love the idea of mixing things up a bit and using turkey in something like a sandwich or pasta.

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  22. I love that you're re-using your turkey. We have so much left - I need to do something with ours!

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  23. I had a nice turkey sandwich with mayo today.

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  24. These are some great menu ideas and I'll use them Christmas!

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