After the holiday, transform your leftover Thanksgiving turkey into this Leftover Turkey Salad made with the yummy fall flavors of fresh apple and pecans.
In a little over a week from now, you’re gonna have leftover turkey. Its almost a given. When I host any meal, I always produce more than enough food for everyone. I would rather have leftovers than run out of food while my table is full of a bunch of hungry people. Thanksgiving leftovers are usually my favorite! Not only do I like to recreate that wonderful Thanksgiving meal over and over again, but I love to make other delicious meals like turkey and wild rice soup as well as this turkey salad.
I added a few ingredients that are perfect for a fall recipe including fresh apple and pecans. You can definitely moisten everything up with mayo, but I prefer to use greek yogurt (or even a combo of yogurt and mayo) because its healthier but also gives it a nice zip. The apple with the celery give the turkey salad a fantastic crunch. You can totally enjoy this stuff in a sandwich but I prefer to have it with crackers for a perfect little lunch. Enjoy!
Leftover Turkey Salad
Ingredients
- 4 cups cooked turkey chopped
- 3 green onions with the whites and start of the greens sliced
- 2 stalks celery chopped
- 2 sprigs parsley stems removed, diced
- 1 small apple chopped (skin on, honey crisp recommended)
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 cup greek yogurt or mayonnaise or a combination of both
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients except the yogurt/mayonnaise in large bowl and stir to combine.
- Add yogurt and/or mayonnaise and mix well.
- Season with salt and pepper, if desired.
Nutrition
Susan
November 27, 2016 at 7:50 amI just love this recipe I’m going to try with my Turkey leftovers I shared your recipes and mentioned you in the post at my blog http://countrymotheronabudget.blogspot.com/2016/11/leftover-turkey-salad.html
Lisa
February 18, 2017 at 2:29 pmThis was really good!! Bought turkey so I could make it again.
Robin
December 28, 2017 at 6:17 amEasy and delicious!!!
Kristen
October 3, 2018 at 11:24 amThis is amazing!!!!! Thank you so much!
BP
November 25, 2018 at 3:21 pmThis was delicious and enabled me to use up most of my leftover turkey. I had no scallions so just used some onion powder and also threw in a handful of chopped pecans.
Natasha
December 17, 2018 at 11:55 amMmm I’m going to save this recipe for the leftover turkey after Christmas!! I love that you added apple! Do you think this could work well with avocado instead of mayo?
Krissy
December 17, 2018 at 12:20 pmGreat question! Avocado would be perfect in this recipe.
Jessica
December 17, 2018 at 12:40 pmOh my gosh this looks amazing! Thanks so much!
Nellie Tracy
December 17, 2018 at 12:54 pmI’m always looking for things to do with extra turkey around this time of year. Such a great recipe!
Becky Hardin
December 17, 2018 at 1:54 pmSuch a great idea. I am saving for later. We always have so much turkey left over so this is a perfect idea.
Anna
December 17, 2018 at 2:33 pmMy whole family loved this turkey salad! Perfect use of leftovers!
Kara
December 17, 2018 at 5:59 pmThis looks like a perfect way to use leftover turkey! I love that it has apples, I bet they add a yummy sweetness and crunch.
Karen
January 9, 2019 at 1:56 pmWhat constitutes a serving size?
Krissy
January 10, 2019 at 1:39 pmA little over a cup of turkey salad