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yellojktLeftover Turkey Casserole
by lmsinca
These are all just rough estimates as it’s one of those “created from thin air” recipes
3 Cups cubed cooked turkey
12 oz. of spaghetti noodles, cooked
1 1/2 TBS butter or margarine
1 Can cream of mushroom soup
1 Can cream of celery soup
1/3 diced onion
1 tsp. garlic powder
2 1/4 cups milk
1 1/2 tsp A1 steak sauce (crazy, I know)
3 cups grated cheddar cheese
In a large sauce pan saute onions in butter until soft, add garlic powder and stir into onions, add turkey, soup, milk and 1 cup of cheese. Heat through and then add steak sauce (trust me). Pour over noodles in a large baking dish and cover with remaining cheese. Bake at 350 until bubbly.
By the way, I don’t use Campbells cream soups unless I need a cheddar. Pacific makes terrific cream soups if you can find them. They also make the best vegetable broth I’ve ever had when I don’t have time to make my own. We buy them here at Sprouts, which used to be Henry’s, which used to be Wild Oats. Oh, and they’re actually in boxes not cans if you go looking for them.
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Leftover Cold Turkey Sandwich
by Scott (not-a-chef) C
2 slices of White Bread (the whiter the better – no wheat or whole grain allowed)
Mayonnaise
Cold Turkey (preferably white meat)
Salt
Take the two slices of white bread, and cover one side of each with mayonnaise. Place generous portions of turkey on one slice of bread, mayonnaised side up. Add a touch a salt. Place other slice of bread on top, mayonnaised side down. Cut in half, always diagonally. Be sure not to slice horizontally or vertically. Eat.
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Black Friday Fajitafest
by MsJS
This recipe contains no leftovers from the Thanksgiving Day meal. It’s for folks who want something else the next day.
Serves 8-10
Marinade:
Juice of two limes
4 Tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
2 Tbsp. mesquite liquid smoke or soy sauce
4 cloves garlic crushed and chopped
Other ingredients:
1 lb. skirt steak or flank steak, pounded to uniform thickness
1 lb. skinless, boneless chicken breast, pounded to uniform thickness
5-6 Tbsp. olive oil
2 yellow onions, peeled and sliced with the grain in 1/2-inch strips
4 bell peppers of various colors, cored, seeded, and sliced into strips
2 tsp. cayenne pepper
Served with:
10 flour tortillas
Optional add-ons: Salsa, sour cream, shredded cheese, sliced avocado or your fave guacamole
Mix all the marinade ingredients together and split into two portions. Marinade the steak and the chicken separately for at least two hours in the fridge, preferably overnight. Before cooking the meat, wipe off the marinade and discard.
Split olive oil into two frying pans and heat up a bit. Saute chicken and steak separately until just cooked. Cooking time will depend on thickness of meat, but start with 3 minutes a side and then check. When just done, remove from pans and let rest on a cutting board.
Add more oil if needed to pans. Saute half of the onions and peppers in each pan until just turning soft, about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, slice the chicken and steak into thin strips. Put the sliced meats back into their respective pans for a minute to blend with the onion/pepper combo, mixing in a teaspoon of cayenne pepper into each.
Warm the tortillas in the microwave by covering in a paper towel and heating for 30 seconds. Serve immediately with the optional add-ons and football.
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All Things in Moderation 
Scott's sandwich sounds like about my speed today except I'm already burned out on turkey. I'll freeze the leftover bird and save it for another day. We're back to salad and stir fry tonight. I'm cooked out although I am making a batch of Christmas cookies later, oatmeal, cherry, chocolate. I bet my husband will find his way to a turkey sandwich today though.Thanks for the fajita recipe MsJS, we'll try the chicken next time we have company.
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Scott, I love the simplicity of your recipe. May I suggest a couple flourishes to you sammich that might enhance further an already sublime dish?Think about adding a layer of stuffing and cranberry sauce (the pure gelatin stuff, not the one that's filled with the berries. Just the pure sugar!) to your sangwich.Garnish with sweet pickles and black olives.
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I've a similar turkey casserole, which has a kind of shepherd's pie feel to it. Chop and briefly saute onion, carrot and celery, all of which I have left over from the big day preparations. Combine with turkey and gravy. Cover with left over mashed potatoes and bake.We're a little shy on turkey this year. I've usually bought bigger birds than the 12 pounder I picked up at MOM's. BB
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Scott's sandwich is positively elegant in its simplicity! 🙂
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Speaking of Black Friday, here are the results from Yahoo News:The holiday shopping season got off to a strong start on Black Friday, with retail sales up 7 percent over last year, according to the most recent survey. Now stores just have to keep buyers coming back without the promise of door-buster savings.Buyers spent $11.4 billion at retail stores and malls, up nearly $1 billion from last year, according to a Saturday report from ShopperTrak. It was the largest amount ever spent on the day that marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season, and the biggest year-over-year increase since 2007. Chicago-based ShopperTrak gathers data from 25,000 outlets across the U.S., including individual stores and shopping centers.The only place we went was to our local craft fair yesterday. I heard there were some great deals though. I did see an obnoxious video of people panic shopping and acting crazy over $2 waffle irons and the lady who used pepper spray to thin the crowd at another WalMart turned herself in today.
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Like. 🙂
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Black Friday: went to North Georgia Outlet Shops. OMG. Packed to the gills. People buying tons of brand stuff at minor discounts, and standing in long lines for the privilege. SAS shoes was deserted, but they were one of the few. Most places packed. Parking on the grass and in empty lots and walking blocks to go give people money. This has got to be a good sign for the retail economy.
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Scott, your sandwich has been a tradition for us whenever we make turkey on Thanksgiving for 18 years (or more). But we always add American cheese ( Swiss a few times). I've also added horseradish sauce on occasion.Then consume with full fat chips and California Devil Dip. Which is French Onion dip with liberal amounts of Ketchup and Worschestire sauce added. Or you can make with Liptons onion soup mix and sour cream (+ ketchup and worsch)
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Lol, Scott, your recipe is mine, too. Except that I don't always bother to cut it in two.Unless you get ambitious with a casserole or something like lms's recipe, this dumb sandwich is actually the best way to have leftover turkey.
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I've been know to substitute butter for the mayonnaise on that fine sandwich recipe. For really fancy people, cranberry sauce makes a fine condiment as well.
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