Turkey Tales

Instead of listing my menu for this coming week I thought I would share last weeks menu in hopes of inspiring anyone faced with a truckload of turkey dinner leftovers.

On Monday we sat down to our Griswald like turkey.  Even though it was a little overcooked we still managed to render ourselves immobile after consumption.  I was curious to see how creative I could be with the remaining food and aimed for meals spanning the rest of the week.  This is what was left: Turkey, plenty of mashed potatoes, turnip, 4 cups of cut up carrots, gravy, stuffing and cranberry sauce.  Let the leftover games begin.

On Tuesday I started with some cut up turkey combined with gravy, carrots, a cup of milk, water, flour and spices to create a homemade cream sauce.  I used this over some whole grain rice along with a loaf of homemade whole grain bread.  So far so good.

Wednesday I made use of the mashed potatoes when I placed them in a casserole dish along with the remaining turnip and carrots.  After frying up some hamburger I added 2 cans of tomato soup, a generous topping of cheese and baked this in the oven until hot and bubbly. 

Thursday I cooked some previously prepared meatballs in a quick cranberry sweet and sour sauce.  Along with the leftover cranberry sauce I whisked in some vinegar, brown sugar, ketchup, cornstarch with a small amount of water and some onion powder.  This turned out absolutely delicious with a simple side salad and canned corn.

Finally Friday we had a homemade pizza from my stash of frozen pizza crusts.  I added a twist to the traditional kind by topping the dough with the remaining turkey (by this time it was frozen in chunks) some stuffing and instead of regular pizza sauce I substituted with a can of cream of chicken soup.

With a little creativity you can easily take regular boring leftovers to new levels without breaking the bank. 

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