Monday, November 22, 2010

Leftover Turkey: Its still all about the sauce.

A couple of months ago I made cranberry sauce for the first time.  It was easy, it tasted divine, and we have been needing some turkey to go with it for some time now.  For more on that (including the recipe), go here.  So, we have some turkey, a vegetable pie, and cranberry sauce for a couple of nights.  But now it is time to deal with the leftovers.  I only had about 2 cups of turkey left, so I decided to make a salad out of it, and the guest star is..........THE SAUCE!



I winged the recipe based off of things seen and eaten in the past.  Turkey, mayo, celery, salt, pepper, thyme, sage, nuts (I used raw cashews because it was all I had, but walnuts or pecans are also good), and the leftover cranberry sauce.  Yum.  The chunks and spicy-sweet flavor totally make the salad.  This is, in my opinion, way better than any turkey salad with dried cranberries in it.  It is a bit more like a turkey & stuffing sandwich in flavor, probably due to the similar sweetness form a sauced cranberry vs. a dried.  I think it will become a permanent way to use up turkey in my house.  Just thought I would share.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone!!

6 comments:

Ribbit said...

Sounds fantastic! I'm SO trying this with our left overs.

Erin said...

Did I read that right - you just made a turkey before Thanksgiving? LOL! Looks great, don't forget about turkey & wild rice soup, my favorite!

Kelly said...

yes, you read it right. We travel for Thanksgiving, so I always buy a turkey or two when they are on sale and cook one close to the holiday. I don't always do the full meal, but we at least get our turkey fix.

Dani said...

Safe travels to you and the family. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Kelly said...

Thanks Dani, same to you!

meemsnyc said...

Wow, you had turkey already. Awesome! This looks delicious.