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Turkey leftovers are the best reason for having a big bird for your holiday dinner. Turkey soups and sandwiches are just the beginning of the delicious meals that can be made from the leavings of the feast.

Ideas to help you store the leftovers properly and tips on how long you can keep them in the fridge or freezer are included here.

If you're looking for creative ways to turn the Thanksgiving leftovers into wonderful post-holiday meals you'll be delighted. These sites offer Thai specialties, Shepard's Pies, Fettucine, Chili dishes...the list of mouth watering dishes goes on and on. These meals have the added benefit of turkey - a low fat, low cholesterol meat - that will make you ask why you don't cook turkey every night!

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Butterball Turkeys - One of America's most popular Turkey producers gives the guidelines for storing turkey, gravy and stuffing along with a selection of great dinner ideas to make from the leftovers...

Turkey Manitoba - What's for dinner? Pages of suggestions that put those leftovers to good use. Some of the most interesting choices are Crunchy Turkey & Cranberry Pie, Turkey Fettuccine, Turkey Tikka, Turkey au Vin, Chili Lime Turkey with Fresh Salsa and plenty of others. They also offer recipes for soups, salads and other courses...

The Best Turkey Leftover Recipes on the Planet Earth!! (really) - One family's collection of creative and delicious ways to serve up turkey all week long and still have the family interested in what's for dinner...

The leftover cometh - A little timely help to deal with all that turkey - An amusing article from The Ottawa Citizen that will have you sipping broth and dipping into turkey pot pies before the season is over. Part of a canada.com Thanksgiving 2005 special section stuffed with goodies for the holiday.

British Turkey Recipes - Although there is no Thanksgiving Turkey tradition in the UK and these recipes are not intended to be inspiration for leftover meals, they are indeed. Try a Turkey Shepherds Pie, Minted Turkey Cous Cous, Thai Turkey Bites, Turkey Leek and Pesto Tart or any of the dozens of mouth watering combinations here and we doubt you'll have any complaints about serving leftovers...

Turkey Anytime: Recipes for Turning Leftovers into Planned-Overs - Alice C. Henneman's COOK IT QUICK!, University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension column on safe handling, storing and preparing of turkey leftovers is full to the brim with good advice and great recipes...

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