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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Dear Just Be: What do I do with the turkey leftovers from Thanksgiving?

Great question. The National Turkey Federation reports that 88% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving. The average weight of a turkey purchased for Thanksgiving is 15 pounds. That is a lot of bird! And it doesn't seem to matter how many people you have over, there is always leftovers. So what do you do with all that meat?

A great leftover recipe that uses up turkey, and your other leftover ingredients that is light on the calories is: Cranberry-Turkey Spinach Salad. This light recipe is also easy to make.

Ingredients
  • 8 oz of canned jellied cranberry sauce

  • 1/3 cup cider vinegar

  • 2 teaspoons coarsely snipped fresh sage or tarragon or 1/2 teaspoon dried leaf sage or dried tarragon, crushed

  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

  • 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

  • 12 cups fresh baby spinach

  • 8 ounces cooked turkey breast, thinly sliced, coarsely chopped, or shredded

  • 1 medium cucumber, halved lengthwise, and thinly sliced (about 2 cups)

  • 6 oz jicama, peeled and cut into thin bite-size strips (about 1 1/2 cups)

  • 6 medium radishes, thinly sliced

  • 1/2 of a red onion, cut into thin wedges

Directions

1. Cut jellied cranberry sauce into 1/2-inch-think slices. Using 1 to 1 1/4-inch cutters, cut 16 designs from the cranberry sauce slices; set aside.

2. For dressing: Place remaining scraps of cranberry sauce in a blender; add vinegar, sage or tarragon, salt and pepper. Cover and blend until combined. Set aside.

3. In a large bowl, toss together spinach, turkey, cucumber, jicama, radishes and red onion. Divide among eight serving bowls. Add two of the cranberry cutouts to each serving; drizzle with dressing. Makes 8 (2-cups) main-dish servings.

Nutrition Facts

Servings per recipe 8 (2-cup) main-dish servings; Calories 120; Total Fat (g) 1

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