RECIPES: What to do with the leftovers
Buffalo Chicken (or Turkey!) Dip from Sara Laite, Devils Lake
I always like to find ways to use my leftovers, so last year, when we had guests for the long Thanksgiving weekend, I decided to make my husband’s favorite appetizer the day after Thanksgiving. Nobody knew I snuck the turkey in it.
1 brick cream cheese
½ cup Ranch dressing
½ cup hot sauce
1-2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1-2 cups diced chicken (or turkey)
Put everything in a Crock-Pot. Heat on high setting for 1 to 2 hours until hot and bubbly or on low setting for 2 to 3 hours, stirring periodically. Serve with an assortment of vegetables, crackers or tortilla chips. Note: You can substitute lower fat Neufchatel cheese for the cream cheese and low-fat options for the salad dressing and cheese.
Oriental Turkey Salad from Deb Egeland, Bismarck
8 cups torn Romaine lettuce
1 cup mandarin oranges
½ cup toasted sliced almonds
1 cup red or orange pepper strips
2 cups cooked, chopped turkey marinated for 10 minutes in meat marinade
Optional: 1 cup chopped broccoli or cauliflower or a mixture
Meat Marinade
1/3 cup apple juice or wine
½ cup soy sauce
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
¼ tsp. garlic powder
1/3 cup brown sugar
¼ cup vinegar
Dressing
1/3 cup Gulden’s Spicy Brown Mustard
1/3 cup Miracle Whip Lite
1/3 cup honey (Add honey last)
Turkey Stew from Jean Noland, Grand Forks
This recipe comes from NDSU Extension Service.
2 tsp. vegetable oil
½ cup chopped onion
1 finely chopped garlic clove or ½ tsp. garlic powder
4 chopped carrots
2 chopped celery stalks
2 chopped potatoes
1 15-oz.
What Is Neufchatel - News
Note: You can substitute lower fat Neufchatel cheese for the cream cheese and low-fat options for the salad dressing and cheese. 1 finely chopped garlic clove or ½ tsp. garlic powder Heat oil in medium saucepan. Add onion, garlic, carrots and celery
Neufchatel cream cheese is offered by a number of brands, including Organic Valley and Philadelphia, as a lower-fat alternative to regular cream cheese. And Haagen Dazs Five, which is marginally lower in calories than the brand's regular ice cream,
Choose low-fat cheeses such as feta, neufchatel and mozzarella instead of high-fat ones such as Swiss or cheddar. - Use two egg whites or an egg substitute product instead of one whole egg. In some recipes, simply decrease the total number of eggs.
An Edible Mosaic » Baked Pizza Dip & A Giveaway
My sister makes a pretty mean batch of stuffed shells. A blend of herbs, spices, and three cheeses make the cheese stuffing not only incredibly cheesy (in the best kind of way), but also more flavorful than most that I’ve had. One Sunday afternoon not too long ago, we were at my parents’ house and she was whipping up a batch for a family dinner. It happened to be getting close to dinnertime (yet dinner was not close to being ready!) and I was in serious need of a snack.
I swiped a cracker into the stuffed shell filling and then placed a dollop of tomato sauce on top. Let’s just say that after that, it was hard to wait around for the stuffed shells (amazing as they may be) when the pre-dinner snack was that delicious. After that day, of course I wasted no time making a legitimate dip (read: a dip that won’t get my hand slapped away because it’s supposed to be for dinner! ;) ) out of the whole concoction.
For this dip I make a chunky tomato sauce that comes together from start to finish in less than 10 minutes using a can of diced tomatoes. You can look for pre-made chunky pizza sauce, but it may not have the thickness we need for this dip (this homemade sauce is thickened up with a bit of tomato paste).