Creative Thanksgiving Leftovers

For all the readers out there who are Canadian, Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving leftovers are great the day after and make good lunches for the week following the festivities, but after a few days, turkey is still turkey… is just plain turkey!  I suggest trying the following chicken salad recipe if you are looking to spice up the extra few pounds of turkey breast sitting in the fridge.

Curried Chicken Salad in Naan, adapted from Cooking Light Magazine

      

Ingredients

6 tbls reduced-fat mayonnaise

½ tsp grated orange rind

1 ½ tsp orange juice

1 tsp curry powder

½ tsp grated fresh ginger

2 ½ c diced roasted skinless, boneless chicken breasts (or shredded turkey leftovers!)

¾ c seedless green grapes, halved

¼ c thinly sliced green onions

1 tbls chopped fresh parsley

4 (6 inch) naan breads, or pita breads or other flat breads

3 c trimmed watercress or baby spinach

Preparation

Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl and stir together.  Add chicken and next 5 ingredients to mayo mixture, tossing to coat.

Spoon about ¾ cup chicken mixture onto each naan or pits bread.  Top with watercress or baby spinach leaves, then fold over.

I omitted the chopped dried apricots and chopped roasted cashews that were in the original recipe and it still tasted wonderful J

Here’s to new flavors for Thanksgiving leftovers!

Picture courtesy of Cooking Light

Comments

[Kelly MAhoney]

Great tip, we always have tons of leftovers. My family insists on making a 20-pound turkey for five or six of us.