What to do with all of that turkey meat leftover from your Thanksgiving Dinner. When you were preparing a turkey dinner for Thanksgiving the day before and the day of, you no doubt were anticipating what you would do with the leftovers, especially the turkey meat itself.

Thanksgiving dinner is one of the most highly anticipated meals of the year, and you can make the most of the turkey leftovers by transforming them into soups, sandwiches, and salads with these satisfying recipes from Splendid Recipes and More.

What To Do With Leftovers

Culinary dishes made from leftovers are common in many American households. Recipe ideas for leftovers were created in the days before refrigeration and reliable airtight containers existed. Besides capturing nutrition from otherwise inedible bones, stocks and broths make an excellent base for adding leftover morsels too small to be a meal themselves.

Casseroles, paella, fried rice, Shepherd pies, and pizza can also be used for this purpose, and may even have been invented as a means of reusing leftovers (Leftovers – Wikapedia).

Culinary Ideas For Your Leftover Turkey

In the following recipes, the leftover turkey can replace the chicken. Turkey also makes a great addition to our chicken soups and casseroles. Here are a few ideas to use your leftover turkey in our chicken recipes.

Mango Guacamole Chicken Salad 

1 large cooked chicken breast, without bone or skin

3 tablespoons mango puree

3 tablespoons of mayonnaise (Link Here For Homemade Recipe)

1 teaspoon coconut sugar

Shred the cooked chicken breast into a medium bowl and mix with mango puree, mayonnaise, and sugar. Set the mixture aside.

For the Guacamole

1 avocado, seeded and peel removed

1 small tomato, without seeds

2 garlic gloves

2 teaspoons powder coriander

3 tablespoons chopped yellow onion

1 teaspoon white balsamic vinegar

1 teaspoon lime juice

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1/4 teaspoon Himalayan salt

5 to 6 whole pepper corns

Place all the ingredients in a blender, and blend together for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Set aside.

Read more here about plating the Mango Guacamole Chicken Salad

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Enchilada Casserole with Kale and Sweet Potatoes

This recipe is made without meat, but you can add some left over shredded turkey meat (2 to 3 cups).

1 large sweet potato, grated (making about 2 cups)

1 small onion, sliced

1/2 teaspoon cumin seed

1 bag Fresh Baby Kale Mix

1 – 14.5-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed

1 – 14.5-ounce can tomato sauce, no salt added

1/4 cup chipotle salsa

1/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (for a vegan dish use tofu or nutritional yeast)

4 corn tortillas cut into strips

Preheat oven to 425 degrees

Coat a 13 X 9-inch baking dish with butter or coconut oil (for a vegan or vegetarian dish)

Evenly spread the grated sweet potato in the baking dish, then layer the onion. Next sprinkle with the cumin seed, then layer on the kale and black beans (you can opt for adding 3/4th pound of cooked ground beef or chicken at this point).

Pour the tomato sauce over the dish, along with the chipotle salsa. Sprinkle with cheese, then spread the tortilla strips on top.

Cover and bake for 25 minutes. Let cool about 5 minutes. Plate and serve.

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Read More Here About Kale… Kale Makes a Heart Healthy Salad

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Coconut Chicken Lettuce Wraps

12 leaves of butter lettuce

2 tablespoons extra virgin coconut oil

1 pound chicken breast or chicken thigh strips (option to also use ground meat)

2 medium green onions, chopped

½ cup canned water chestnuts, drained, rinsed, and chopped

¼ cup chicken broth

2 tablespoons tamari soy sauce

1 tablespoon tapioca starch

2 tablespoons filtered water

¼ cup gomasio (sesame seeds and sea salt) – recipe to follow

1/2 cup dried fine flacked unsweetened coconut meat

Link here to prepare the Gomasio for the Coconut Chicken Lettuce Wraps, and the instructions to prepare the recipe. Click here.

We also have…

Gluten Free BBQ Chicken Lasagna Just shred some turkey meat.

Roasted Chicken and Butternut Squash with Spinach and Goat Cheese Salad The turkey is already roasted.

Chicken Tortilla Soup or how about a Turkey Tortilla Soup?

Oriental Chicken Wraps Just use left over turkey.

Mexican Chicken Tortilla Pie You guessed it, Mexican Turkey Tortilla Pie

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