These are our very favorite family recipes for the day after Thanksgiving
Ingredients
For 1 sandwich
- 2-3 slices of turkey breast
- Cold gravy
- 1 moderately thick slice of cold stuffing
- 2 slices of jellied cranberry sauce or a healthy dollop of loose cranberry sauce
- 2 slices of good sourdough bread
Preparation
Use the cold gravy as a spread for the bread then stack the ingredients
Don’t even bother with lettuce or tomatoes.
It’s a down and dirty diet disaster but it’s one of the tastiest things you’ve ever put in your mouth
Ingredients
- 2 c mashed potatoes
- 1-2 eggs
- 1/4 c flour
- Pinch of salt
- 2 tsp chopped chives
- Oil to fry
Preparation
- Mix the ingredients together excluding the oil
- Heat the oil in a skillet
- Take about a quarter cup of the mixture and make a patty.
- Fry each patty until they brown on both sides
Ingredients
- 4 slices of left over ham or 4 slices Canadian bacon
- 2 tsp white vinegar
- 4 eggs
- 4 potato pancakes
- Chives or chervil to garnish
- Hollandaise sauce ( recipe below)
Preparation
- Brown the meat in a skillet
- Fill a skillet 1/2 way up with water
- Add the vinegar
- Bring it to a slow boil
- Gently crack each egg into the water without breaking them
- Reduce the heat to a gentle simmer
- Cook the eggs for 3- 3 1/2 min
- Remove with a slotted spoon
- Place a slice of meat on each potato pancake
- Top with a poached egg
Spoon hollandaise on top - Garnish with either chives or chervil.
Ingredients
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 Tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1 stick unsalted butter ( 1/2 c) melted
Preparation
- Vigorously whisk yolks and lemon juice in a metal bowl
- Place the bowl over a saucepan with barely simmering water
- Do not let the bowl touch the water
- Continue to whisk and slowly drizzle in the melted butter
- When it thickens and doubles in volume, it’s ready
- Remove from heat and cover until ready to use on the eggs
- If it gets too thick, whisk in a tsp or 2 of water
Ingredients
- 1/2 c mashed sweet potatoes
- 1Tbsp melted butter
- 1 egg
- 1/3 c flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 c milk
Preparation
- Mix the sweet potatoes and egg in a bowl
- Sift in the flour and baking powder
- Stir in the milk
- Stir in the melted butter
- Heat 1-2 Tbsp butter in a skillet
- Spoon in large dollops of batter
- When bubbles rise to the surface of the pancakes and break, flip them
- Cook another 1-2 min on the other side
- Keep them warm on a covered dish in the over
Ingredients
- 1 – 2 c cooked turkey, shredded on pulse in a food processor
- 3 red or yellow bell peppers ( we combine them), sliced into thin strips
- 1 onion, sliced thin
- 1 clove garlic, minced ( optional)
- Pinch of salt
- A dash of cayenne pepper
- Approx 2 Tbsp olive oil
- Sour cream or hot sauce to garnish
Preparation
- Heat the oil in a skillet
- Sauté the peppers and onion over low heat until soft, stirring occasionally
- If using garlic add it too but you will need to stir more often to keep it from burning
- We like them extra soft, about 20-30 min
- Add the salt and cayenne.
- Stir it in for a minute
- Add the turkey and mix it in until heated through
- Place a heaping spoonful on each sweet potato pancake
- Top with either a tsp of sour cream or hot sauce
Ingredients
- 2 c chopped cooked turkey breast
- 1 1/2 c mayonnaise
- 1/3 c dry white wine
- 1/4 c chutney
- 3 Tbsp curry powder
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 lg stalks celery, diced
- 2 scallions, diced
- 1/4 c golden raisins
- 1 c roasted, salted cashews
- Buttercup or Boston lettuce
- 1-2 tomatoes, sliced into wedges
- 1 cucumber, cut into thick wedges
Preparation
- In a food processor, combine, mayonnaise, wine, chutney, curry powder and salt
- Process until smooth
- Toss the turkey in the dressing
- Add celery, scallions and raisins
- Mix well
- Chill for at least 2 hrs
- Stir in cashews and serve in buttercup lettuce leaves
- Garnish with wedges of sliced tomato and cucumber
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