Low-Carb Leftover Turkey Breast?

Yesterday we grill-roasted one of several turkey breasts (bone in) that
I picked up on sale recently. It was delicious but now I am unsure what
to make with the leftovers since my former repertoire of leftover turkey
recipes is not exactly on the low-carb agenda. Ideas anyone, please?

Use it anywhere you'd use cooked chicken. I make turkey salad for my
lunches. Just dice up the meat and add diced celery, sliced green onions
and a little grated carrot. Mix in mayonnaise to taste.

on Mon, 05 Apr 2004 09:42:46 -0500, Elinor Dashwood
wrote:

Yesterday we grill-roasted one of several turkey breasts (bone in) that
I picked up on sale recently. It was delicious but now I am unsure what
to make with the leftovers since my former repertoire of leftover turkey
recipes is not exactly on the low-carb agenda. Ideas anyone, please?

-----
Bev

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Bev-Ann wrote:

on Mon, 05 Apr 2004 09:42:46 -0500, Elinor Dashwood
wrote:

Yesterday we grill-roasted one of several turkey breasts (bone in) that
I picked up on sale recently. It was delicious but now I am unsure what
to make with the leftovers since my former repertoire of leftover turkey
recipes is not exactly on the low-carb agenda. Ideas anyone, please?

Use it anywhere you'd use cooked chicken. I make turkey salad for my
lunches. Just dice up the meat and add diced celery, sliced green onions
and a little grated carrot. Mix in mayonnaise to taste.


Thanks. That's pretty much what I've been doing--- putting it in
salads. I was desperately trying to think of something different.

In article ,
Elinor Dashwood wrote:
In article ,
Bev-Ann wrote:

on Mon, 05 Apr 2004 09:42:46 -0500, Elinor Dashwood
wrote:

Yesterday we grill-roasted one of several turkey breasts (bone in) that
I picked up on sale recently. It was delicious but now I am unsure what
to make with the leftovers since my former repertoire of leftover turkey
recipes is not exactly on the low-carb agenda. Ideas anyone, please?

Use it anywhere you'd use cooked chicken. I make turkey salad for my
lunches. Just dice up the meat and add diced celery, sliced green onions
and a little grated carrot. Mix in mayonnaise to taste.


Thanks. That's pretty much what I've been doing--- putting it in
salads. I was desperately trying to think of something different.

How about slicing it and wrapping it around a pieceof ham and
cheese, then microwaving it to warm it up and melt the cheese.
Sort of a Turkey Cordon Bleu.

Make a cream of turkey soup?


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Elinor Dashwood wrote:
In article ,
Bev-Ann wrote:

on Mon, 05 Apr 2004 09:42:46 -0500, Elinor Dashwood
wrote:

Yesterday we grill-roasted one of several turkey breasts (bone in) that
I picked up on sale recently. It was delicious but now I am unsure what
to make with the leftovers since my former repertoire of leftover turkey
recipes is not exactly on the low-carb agenda. Ideas anyone, please?

Use it anywhere you'd use cooked chicken. I make turkey salad for my
lunches. Just dice up the meat and add diced celery, sliced green onions
and a little grated carrot. Mix in mayonnaise to taste.


Thanks. That's pretty much what I've been doing--- putting it in
salads. I was desperately trying to think of something different.

How about slicing it and wrapping it around a pieceof ham and
cheese, then microwaving it to warm it up and melt the cheese.
Sort of a Turkey Cordon Bleu.

Make a cream of turkey soup?


Oh my..... thanks for he ideas.

Elinor Dashwood wrote in message ...
Yesterday we grill-roasted one of several turkey breasts (bone in) that
I picked up on sale recently. It was delicious but now I am unsure what
to make with the leftovers since my former repertoire of leftover turkey
recipes is not exactly on the low-carb agenda. Ideas anyone, please?

cube it, add mayo and some celery and put some in a low carb tortilla
for a roll up, slice some, add crispy bacon on top, top with shredded
cheddar, microwave, and roll it in LC tortilla that has been painted
with mayo mustard mixture for a LC wrap. LOL I love wraps!
Laureen

Elinor Dashwood wrote:

Yesterday we grill-roasted one of several turkey breasts (bone in) that
I picked up on sale recently. It was delicious but now I am unsure what
to make with the leftovers since my former repertoire of leftover turkey
recipes is not exactly on the low-carb agenda. Ideas anyone, please?

I used to love making turkey tetrazzini after the holidays with the
leftovers. A low-carb version would be to skip the pasta, and make the
main cream sauce out of sour and heavy creams instead of using flour.

This is what I'd try. Note this is an *untested* recipe...

1 TB butter
1/4 medium onion, sliced thinly
1/2 lb turkey meat, cubed
1 can mushrooms, drained
1/4 cup sour cream
1 oz heavy cream

Fry the onion in the butter, stir in the mushrooms and turkey and heat
through. Mix in the sour cream and heat gently (do not let boil). Thin
with heavy cream if needed (alternatively, you might thin with sherry).

This would be 2-4 servings, depending on what you had with it (I think
it'd be very rich and therefore the smaller servings with a sald and
veggies would be better than a big serving). If made with dark meat (we
never have leftover white meat here - it is rapidly sandwiched), the
total recipe would be 11.5 g carb, 37.5 g protein, and just under 600
calories.

Elinor Dashwood wrote:
:: Yesterday we grill-roasted one of several turkey breasts (bone in)
:: that I picked up on sale recently. It was delicious but now I am
:: unsure what to make with the leftovers since my former repertoire of
:: leftover turkey recipes is not exactly on the low-carb agenda.
:: Ideas anyone, please?

Have you heard of stir-fry? You could us it as a filling inside a LC
tortilla...you can use it in an omlete, or you can just nuke one and put it
on a plate...just use your imagination and let your hunger take you some
place

Laureen wrote:
:: Elinor Dashwood wrote in message
:: ...
::: Yesterday we grill-roasted one of several turkey breasts (bone in)
::: that
::: I picked up on sale recently. It was delicious but now I am unsure
::: what
::: to make with the leftovers since my former repertoire of leftover
::: turkey
::: recipes is not exactly on the low-carb agenda. Ideas anyone,
::: please?
::
:: cube it, add mayo and some celery and put some in a low carb tortilla
:: for a roll up, slice some, add crispy bacon on top, top with shredded
:: cheddar, microwave, and roll it in LC tortilla that has been painted
:: with mayo mustard mixture for a LC wrap. LOL I love wraps!
:: Laureen

That sounds good...must have a lot of calories, though. But that's actually
two wraps, right? I thought maybe that was a wrap within a wrap....Hmm....

Jackie Patti wrote:
:: Elinor Dashwood wrote:
::
::: Yesterday we grill-roasted one of several turkey breasts (bone in)
::: that I picked up on sale recently. It was delicious but now I am
::: unsure what to make with the leftovers since my former repertoire
::: of leftover turkey recipes is not exactly on the low-carb agenda.
::: Ideas anyone, please?
::
:: I used to love making turkey tetrazzini after the holidays with the
:: leftovers. A low-carb version would be to skip the pasta, and make
:: the main cream sauce out of sour and heavy creams instead of using
:: flour.
::
:: This is what I'd try. Note this is an *untested* recipe...
::
:: 1 TB butter
:: 1/4 medium onion, sliced thinly
:: 1/2 lb turkey meat, cubed
:: 1 can mushrooms, drained
:: 1/4 cup sour cream
:: 1 oz heavy cream
::
:: Fry the onion in the butter, stir in the mushrooms and turkey and
:: heat through. Mix in the sour cream and heat gently (do not let
:: boil). Thin with heavy cream if needed (alternatively, you might
:: thin with sherry).
::
:: This would be 2-4 servings, depending on what you had with it (I
:: think it'd be very rich and therefore the smaller servings with a
:: sald and veggies would be better than a big serving). If made with
:: dark meat (we never have leftover white meat here - it is rapidly
:: sandwiched), the total recipe would be 11.5 g carb, 37.5 g protein,
:: and just under 600 calories.

Sounds good...what if you were to add chopped up broccoli and/or
cauliflower? Would there be enough liquid to make it work like a rich,
heartly soup?