Your fridge is still loaded with turkey, mashed potatoes, a picked over veggie tray.
How do you turn this Thanksgiving wasteland into something yummy and exciting. I have a few thoughts on the subject - and please interject your own ideas.
My boyfriend shredded a bunch of turkey and added green chili, enchilada sauce, sour cream, shredded cheese and salsa verde and mixed it all up. Then we froze the mixture into two tupperwares. Next month on a hectic night, all we have to do is thaw out one of said tupperwares, procure some cheddar and tortillas and a fantastic dinner appears.
Tonight I invented my own version of Turky A'la King. I think mine is tasier and less traditional. It even has fresh scallions in it: Viola:
Turkey Ala King
3 tbls butter
3 ribs diced celery (you know you have a crapload of celery leftover from T-Day preperation)
Garlic salt and pepper to taste
2 cups milk
1 cup sour cream
1 small jar chopped pimientos
1 tbls chicken base (you will have this crap leftover from the gravy making no doubt)
2 cups finely chopped turkey (or chicken)
1 cup diced scallions (I used the ones left over from the crudite tray – nobody eats them anyway)
Tbl paprika
Tbl cayenne pepper
1) For sauce, melt butter in large saucepan
2) Sautee celery until it begins to become soft and fragrant
3) Add the milk, sour cream and chicken base. Stir thoroughly to incorporate base.
4) Cook and stir over medium heat until thick and bubbly.
5) Stir in the turky and pimientos
6) Continue to stir until the sauce is nice and bubbly.
7) Serve over those left over mashed taters
Any other creative ideas to turn those left-over Thanksgiving blahs into something fun and tasty??
How do you turn this Thanksgiving wasteland into something yummy and exciting. I have a few thoughts on the subject - and please interject your own ideas.
My boyfriend shredded a bunch of turkey and added green chili, enchilada sauce, sour cream, shredded cheese and salsa verde and mixed it all up. Then we froze the mixture into two tupperwares. Next month on a hectic night, all we have to do is thaw out one of said tupperwares, procure some cheddar and tortillas and a fantastic dinner appears.
Tonight I invented my own version of Turky A'la King. I think mine is tasier and less traditional. It even has fresh scallions in it: Viola:
Turkey Ala King
3 tbls butter
3 ribs diced celery (you know you have a crapload of celery leftover from T-Day preperation)
Garlic salt and pepper to taste
2 cups milk
1 cup sour cream
1 small jar chopped pimientos
1 tbls chicken base (you will have this crap leftover from the gravy making no doubt)
2 cups finely chopped turkey (or chicken)
1 cup diced scallions (I used the ones left over from the crudite tray – nobody eats them anyway)
Tbl paprika
Tbl cayenne pepper
1) For sauce, melt butter in large saucepan
2) Sautee celery until it begins to become soft and fragrant
3) Add the milk, sour cream and chicken base. Stir thoroughly to incorporate base.
4) Cook and stir over medium heat until thick and bubbly.
5) Stir in the turky and pimientos
6) Continue to stir until the sauce is nice and bubbly.
7) Serve over those left over mashed taters
Any other creative ideas to turn those left-over Thanksgiving blahs into something fun and tasty??
