With Thanksgiving right around the corner (Holy Cow!!!), I thought I should start working on some "leftover" recipes for our favorite Thanksgiving foods. This one I made for dinner tonight. If you don't have leftover turkey, it also works great with leftover chicken. This recipe is a tasty change from normal turkey salad and it's very simple to make. It'll take you 15 minutes to prep and 20 minutes to bake. If you're as busy as we are during the holiday season, it's nice to have a great meal that doesn't take a lot of work. Enjoy!
Turkey Curry Melts
Ingredients:
1 Loaf of French Bread
2 Cups Chopped Turkey or Chicken
1 & 1/2 Cups Cooked Corn (cooled)
1/2 Cup Mayonnaise
2 Cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
1 Tbsp Curry Powder
1 Tbsp Seasoning Salt
1 Large Green Pepper
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix together turkey, corn, mayo, cheese, curry powder and seasoning salt.
2. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Slice loaf of bread in half long ways. Place two halves onto baking sheet. Spread turkey salad onto the two halves of bread. Slice green pepper into thin circles. Place on top of turkey salad.
3. Bake for 20 minutes. Serves 4 to 6 people.
The other day I looked in my freezer and I realized I had a single, white fish filet. I'm guessing it was Tilapia because that is what I normally buy. What was I going to do with 1 fish filet??? How did it even get in there??? I figured I probably needed to use it since I couldn't remember the last time I had bought Tilapia. So last night, we had Seafood Salad Melts for dinner. On Sunday, Andy had brought home a loaf of Rye bread from church. I cut it up into slices, piled on the seafood salad and melted cheese on top. It was a nice change from heavy, hearty meals. It was also very easy to prepare and clean up.
Seafood Salad Melts
Ingredients:
1 Pouch Tuna
1 Package Immitation Crab Meat (8oz)
1 Filet White Fish, cooked
1/4 to 1/2 Cup Mayonnaise
1 TBSP Creme Fraiche (use sour cream if you don't have this)
1 TBSP Honey Mustard Salad Dressing
1/2 Tsp Minced, Refrigerated Garlic
1/4 Tsp Onion Powder
Pinch Salt
Fresh Bread Slices (I used rye)
Butter
Cheese Slices (I used colby and swiss)
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Break up white fish into small pieces. In a mixing bowl, combine tuna, immitation crab meat, and white fish.
3. Add mayo, creme fraiche, honey mustard, garlic, onion powder and salt. Stir.
4. Cut bread into slices. Butter one side. Put in oven and melt butter.
5. When butter is melted, flip bread. Pile seafood salad on the other side, then top with slices of cheese. Put back into oven until cheese is melted.
I made a huge pot of baked beans at our bbq this weekend because I love them and I knew I could make something with them for What's for Leftovers. Last night we had my brother, neice and dad over for dinner. Michael (my brother) brought a pizza along "just in case". Up until last night, he had never had Sloppy Joes that he liked. He ate two sandwiches during dinner, so I don't think he feels that way anymore. Homemade Sloppy Joes are so easy to prepare. You don't need that mix that they sell at the store to make them really tasty. You just need a few ingredients that I'm willing to bet you already have in your kitchen. We put ours on buns with cheese slices, mmmm, tasty!
Deluxe Sloppy Joe
Ingredients:
1 lb Hamburger Meat
1/2 Cup Steak (Optional or add more if you have more)
1 1/2 Cups Baked Beans
1/2 Cup BBQ Sauce
1 Can diced tomatoes
1 TBSP Ketchup
1/2 TBSP Mustard
1. Brown hamburger meat in a large frying pan and drain fat.
2. Add steak, baked beans, tomatoes, bbq sauce, ketchup, and mustard. Mix all together.
3. Cook on medium until sauce thickens up. Make sure you keep stirring so the bottom won't burn. Put on buns and top with cheese.
I love grilled cheese. They are one of my comfort foods. It reminds me of my childhood when my mama would make me fried bologna grilled cheese sandwiches. I think I used to even dip these in ketchup. Tonight I made my family a variation of these, but I used ham (Do people even buy bologna anymore?), and made the sandwiches French toast style. It turned out to be a great variation of an old favorite. Of course, I cut them into four small triangles for my kiddos, just like my mama used to do when I was little.
French-Toast Style Grilled Cheese
Ingredients:
5 Eggs
3/8 Cup Milk
2 tsp Spinach Dip Seasonings (the kind that comes in little packets to make a dip- mine was a PartyLite packet)
8 Slices of Colby Cheese
16 Slices of Deli Stye Honey Ham
8 Slices of Bread
Whisk eggs and milk together until creamy. Add 1 tsp of Spinach dip seasoning and stir until mixed in. Heat a large frying pan or griddle and spray with pam. Dip both sides of a slice of bread in egg mixture and put in pan. Dip another slice in the egg mixture and put in pan. Flip the first slice when browned like French toast. Add a slice of cheese, two slices of ham and then another slice of cheese to this slice of bread. When the second slice of bread is browned, flip cooked side onto cheese (like a sandwich). Finish cooking the second side of the first slice, then turn entire sandwich over to cook the last side. Made sure both sides are browned like French toast and cheese is melted before taking off heat. Repeat to make the second sandwich. Before making the third sandwich, add 1 more tsp of Spinach dip seasoning to egg mixture. Mix in and continue making the third and fourth sandwich.
I love cole slaw, but unless you're having a huge party or bbq, it seems to last forever. This is a recipe that I ate when I was pregnant with Charlie. I craved bbq all of the time. There was a restaurant in Warrensburg, MO that served bbq potato skins and this wrap. We probably went once a week. That must have been why he scarfed it down tonight. I used my blue cheese cole slaw from the other night, but if I was to make it again, I would use a cole slaw that has a sweeter, creamy dressing. This is a really fun and fast recipe that can easily be adjusted for a large group. I slow cooked my pulled pork, but leftover bbq pork would work just as well. Let me know what you think!
Charlie's BBQ Wraps
Ingredients:
Pulled Pork
Cole Slaw
Grated Cheddar Cheese
Baked Beans
Fajita Wraps
Warm up the wraps so they are easier to fold. Sprinkle a layer of cheddar cheese on the fajita wrap, top this with baked beans. Next add Pulled Pork. Finally, add cole slaw on top of pork. Roll up the fajita and enjoy with a side of bbq sauce and a pickle.
