Turkey Salad

Leftover Turkey from dinner becomes an amazing lunch with this homemade Turkey Salad! Yes, this is the perfect lunch the day after Thanksgiving! Serve it on a croissant and everyone will love it!

Sometimes it is hard to think of what to use with leftover Thanksgiving Turkey. Yes, having a leftover Thanksgiving plate is a great lunch or dinner; but sometimes you want something else. This Turkey Salad is a perfect way to use leftover turkey. Just like chicken salad this turkey salad is creamy and full of flavor. Serve it on bread, with crackers, or my personal favorite on a croissant.

How to make Turkey Salad:

This Turkey Salad is very easy to make. Start by dicing up your leftover cooked turkey into nice bite-sized chunks and dice your celery into small chunks as well. Mix together your ingredients for the dressing. Add in the diced turkey and celery and mix well. Serve and enjoy!

Ingredients:

• Turkey - cooked and chopped
• Mayonnaise
• Dijon Mustard
• Lemon Juice
• Sugar
• Dill Weed - dried
• Salt and Pepper
• Celery - diced
• Green Onion - diced

Directions:

Step One - Place mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, sugar, dill weed, salt and pepper into a mixing bowl. Mix together well.

Step Two - Next add in turkey, celery, and green onions. Mix until combined.

Step Three - Serve on bread, with crackers or on my personal favorite a croissant.

Tips for a good Turkey Salad (or chicken salad):

1. The perfect dressing. Making the dressing some people may have a tendency to use too much or too little mayo. Mayo is the key ingredient in the dressing but depending on your liking you may feel like the directions are not what you prefer. It took a few times to get the right amount to make this dressing great. Too much mayo and it is too thick, too little and the Turkey Salad stays dry. Adding the touch of Dijon Mustard as well gives it the right amount of flavor with the spices.
2. Sugar. Yes, adding a little sugar to the dressing gives this a touch of sweetness that you will love. You may question why, but you will not regret it.
3. Add some crushed pecans. Pecans, while not in this exact recipe, will add a nice nutty flavor and crunch to this salad.

How to serve the Turkey Salad:

Obviously, Turkey Salad, Chicken Salad or even Tuna Salad are served best as a sandwich.

A nice thick wheat or multigrain bread goes great with Turkey Salad. I love serving this on croissants the best. This can also be served as an appetizer with crackers or even thick sliced veggies to dip in it.

 

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