Leftover Turkey Recipes; Part 1
Thanksgiving is just around the corner so most of us are busy with planning meals, trying to convince Aunt Freeda that cousin Sally doesn’t hate her and she can come to Thanksgiving. Or trying to get a seating arrangment that won’t offend Uncle George, or Great-grandma Smith. Or you could be like me and wanting to start your own family traditions so you are busily convincing both sides of the family that you love them dearly but now that you have 4 kids you just want to have a dinner at home and not worry about traveling 10 hours with the 4 kids in the back seat. So with all this planning and talking you probably have also started buying the food and let’s face it, you got a turkey that is huge, 5 cans of jellied cranberry sauce, 8 cans of olives and 2-3 x more then what you really need for a family of 6, but that’s okay I will show you what to do so all that food won’t go to waste.
After the we have our fill of turkey, stuffing, yams and the sort I start putting things away. When I do the turkey I usually break it in half and my husband and I both work on it. We take off as much meat as we can get easily and leave the rest on it. Then we break into smaller pieces and put it in the crock pot with enough water to cover it and pack the other meat up for sandwiches. I leave the turkey carcass in there until mid morning, then I pull it out and I pull off the rest of the meat that would easily come off the night before, there is usually meat on the underside. I then put that back into the crockpot along with some cut up potatoes and carrots. Then about 2 hours before dinner I add some cut celery and some noodles, you can use about ½-1 c of any type of noodles. I usually take spaghetti and break it in half. Then for dinner you have a nice turkey soup. This goes well with soup bowls.
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