Happy Thanksgiving all! Regular readers will recognize this post from LAST Thanksgiving!!! See you soon; I am off to make broth…
My favorite quick dress-up for food that takes me from workaday-dull to bright and shiny: dried cranberries and walnuts.
My take-to-work breakfast? Plain nonfat yogurt, swirled up with some honey, a handful of cranberries and another handful of walnuts (bought in big bags at Costco – they last and last). Crunchy, creamy and sweet – oh yeah.
At home, I add them to spike up instant oatmeal. I also substitute half the raisins in oatmeal raisin cookies with cranberries for a brighter flavor and add walnuts for crunch and depth.
Boring salad? Add handfuls of cranberries and walnuts and make it fancy-schmancy (especially good with orange/clementine segments, red onion and feta – separately or in combination).
Today I incorporated them into my leftover turkey salad. Zippy!
Leftover Turkey Salad
leftover turkey, removed from bone, gristly bits removed, and chopped into small squares (2-3 cups)
handful dried cranberries
handful chopped walnuts
one celery stalk, chopped fine (mostly because I don’t really like celery)
half a red onion, finely chopped
4 -5 Tbs mayo and nonfat plain yogurt in whatever ratio you prefer
1 Tbs brown or yellow mustard
Mix all together in a bowl and serve in sandwiches or over salad.
Notes: Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon), blueberries and Concord grapes, are the only commercially-grown native North American fruits! They are loaded with vitamin C and dietary fiber and manganese and other good things and may very well help prevent some urinary tract infections in women, but the jury is still out on that.
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I’m making this tonight. Can’t wait!
I heard it came out great! Need photos for the Hot, Cheap & Easy FB page!!!1
I remember seeing this last year and wanting to try it. Maybe this is the year! I will also pass it along to my Mom. It seems like something she’d like
Use the tabs at the bottom to share it on her FB wall….and stop by HC&E FB page for a cardamom infused cranberry sauce from Chef Savita that I think will really interest you…tried unsuccessfully to tag you on it)
Reblogged this on Hot, Cheap & Easy and commented:
Note to readers on reblog: This is still one of my favorite things to do with leftovers! Happy post-Thanksgiving Day!
Yum – this could work well with leftover farm-raised chicken, too!
Hola Natalia,
Yo no tengo nada de pavo de ayer porque no celebramos TG. Pero guardaré esta receta para los leftovers de navidad 😉
What a great lunch!