Turkey leftovers are the best reason for having a big bird for your holiday dinner.
Turkey soup recipes 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, shepherd's pies, fettuccine,
chili dishes and more with the added benefit of turkey - a low fat, low cholesterol meat - that will make you ask why
you don't cook turkey every night!
More about turkey leftovers around the Web:
Turkey Recipes - Pages of suggestions that put those leftovers to good use, including sandwiches, ground turkey recipes, and what else to do with breasts, legs and thighs, along with more recipes for soups, salads and other courses.
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 archive stuffed with goodies for the holiday.
Making magic with turkey leftovers
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...