Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes--Collect Yours Now!

[riley1992]

dice up left over turkey, dump into a sauce pan with a bottle of store bought BBQ sauce. Heat and serve.

Gee, real snazzy there, Chef Pierre.

[Rebelbase]

"Gee, real snazzy there, Chef Pierre"

It is my few concessions to speed in the kitchen. Usually I'm like an obsessed and demented artist scoffing and growling at anyone who is within 5'feet of the stove while i'm creating a masterpiece.

[freefly]

I "lost" my gall bladder a couple years ago.
1st year wasn't great, but now I don't miss it at all.
(Although I never ate much in the way of fatty foods in the 1st place.)
Give it a year, you will probably be able to splurge on the holidays without the unpleasant side effects.
(Well, you'll still get fat!)

[texgal]

Your recipe is loaded with MSG (a flavor enhancer) be glad you are not allergic to it.

I was not aware it was loaded with MSG. I guess we are not allergic to it because my mom and grandmom have prepare this for years.

I checked the ingredients on the cans of soup and MSG is on there, however it is pretty far down on the list. All the other ingredients are fresh. I guess we are not allergic to it because my mom and grandmom fixed this for years.

You can make your own cream sauce from scratch to avoid the MSG.

[Ditter]

MSG is one of the main ingredients of bouillion cubes. It doesn't take much to affect people who are allergic to it.

[texgal]

MSG is one of the main ingredients of bouillion cubes. It doesn't take much to affect people who are allergic to it.

Then leave out the bouillion cube and make your own cream sauce from scratch.

[Ditter]

lol Don't get testy. I know how to cook without MSG. I was just passing along some info, other people beside youself read this ya know. ;9)

[texgal]

lol Don't get testy.

Wasn't getting testy - just pointing out you can adapt it if you want - Enjoy!

[Cindy]

1. Steam rice in the steamer.

2. In separate bowl combine chopped turkey, chopped celery, chopped onion, leftover mushrooms, Italian seasonings, pepper, a good sprinkle of lite soy sauce and 1/4 cup of water. Cover with plastic wrap. Microwave for 10 minutes or so.

3. Mix steamed rice with turkey/vegetable mix.

4. Serve with other leftovers of your choice.

5. Cold apple cider goes well with this.

6. Dessert is homemade pumpkin pie with pecan crust and lots of lite whipped cream. (I'm on a diet.)

7. Repeat this process each night until the left overs are all gone.

[ChemistCat]

Hey, I never heard of a pecan crust before. Can you share that recipe??? That sounds good. I also have to really watch the fat this time around. What I think I'm going to do is trim the fat from the things that don't matter to me so much (like pie crust)and just have less of the things I love the way they have always been (like the stuffing.)

[Cindy]

PECAN PIE CRUST

Take your basic pie recipe for one pie crust shell and make these substitutions:

Replace 1 cup of the flour with chopped pecans.
SUBSTITUTE cold apple cider for the cold water.
Sprinkle crust with a general sprinkling of apple pie spice.
HINT: I never pre-bake my pie crusts, so they are fresh.

For my pumpkin filling, I use the following substitutions: egg substitute for real eggs
non-fat milk for the condensed sweetened milk

Final tip: When a recipe calls for margarine or butter, I substitue plain or vanilla fat free yogurt to replace 1/2 of the margarine or butter.