/PRNewswire/ -- Gobble up the goodness on Thanksgiving and beyond by making use of the entire holiday turkey with National Turkey Federation's (NTF) "Top 10 Ways to Use Leftover Turkey."
"The turkey sandwich might be the perennial favorite, but visitors to NTF's Web site are finding exciting new ways to enjoy their leftover turkey," said Sherrie Rosenblatt, NTF's vice president of marketing and communications. "Whole turkey offers an endless supply of entree, appetizer, soup and salad choices."
Leftover turkey should be carved from the bone and stored in shallow containers and refrigerated or frozen within two hours of cooking. Use the refrigerated turkey in a sandwich or on top of a salad within three to four days, or freeze the leftovers to use in soups and stews for up to three months, which will last through the winter months.
Based on consumer visits to NTF's Web site recipe database, the top 10 ways to use leftover turkey are:
10. Thai Grilled Pizza
9. Turkey Monte Cristo
8. Easy Cheesy Turkey Enchiladas
7. Turkey Cranberry Croissant
6. Turkey Reuben Sandwich
5. Turkey Pot Pie
4. Slow Cooker White Turkey Chili
3. Creamy Creole Turkey Bake
2. Using it All Turkey Soup
And, the number one favorite leftover recipe is the flavorful Turkey, Mandarin and Poppy Seed Salad, which is low in fat and cholesterol - the perfect formula for balancing healthy fare with good value.
Mandarin and Poppy Seed Salad
Ingredients
1/4 Cup orange juice
1-1/2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar
1-1/2 Teaspoons poppy seeds
1-1/2 Teaspoons olive oil
1 Teaspoon Dijon-style mustard
5 Cups red leaf lettuce, washed, dried, chilled and torn
2 Cups baby spinach leaves, washed, dried, chilled and torn
1/2 Pound COOKED TURKEY BREAST, cut into 1/2-inch julienne
1 Can (10-1/2 ounces) mandarin oranges, drained
1 Teaspoon orange zest
1. Dressing: In small bowl combine orange juice, vinegar, poppy seeds,
oil, mustard and 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper. Set aside.
2. Salad: In large bowl toss together lettuce, spinach, turkey and
oranges. Pour dressing over turkey mixture.
3. Garnish with orange zest and serve immediately.
To view all top 10 leftover recipe ideas visit www.eatturkey.com/consumer/thanks/leftovers.html or EatTurkey.com for more than 1,000 consumer recipes.
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Monday, December 22, 2008
Feel-good Foods to Battle the Winter Blues
(ARA) - It’s that time of year again when temperatures hit single digits, clothing gets heavier and it can be difficult to resist the urge to curl up all day under a warm and comfy blanket with an engaging book.
When the sun starts setting earlier, many people also look forward to enjoying traditional delicious winter comfort foods that evoke warmth and nostalgia. Nothing is cozier and more heart-warming than a flavorful meal of chicken pot pie, a savory casserole, a steamy stir-fry or a piping hot bowl of soup to melt a cold winter day away.
You don’t have to lock yourself away in the kitchen all day either to prepare your family’s favorite dishes. Look no further than your own kitchen cupboard for simple solutions to creating hearty and economical meals that will beat the winter blues. Here are a few easy tips to warm your soul and get you through the chilly season:
Yesterday’s Leftovers Made a Little Richer
Often, you open the fridge and face a daunting stack of containers full of leftovers. But last week’s meals can be perfect for turning into a simple chicken pot pie, a hearty stew or a quick casserole. Suddenly, those leftovers are transformed into five more appetizing weeknight dinners.
An easy tip for making leftovers more rich and flavorful when combined in one dish is to add a ready-made broth or stock to guarantee moisture that may have been lost. For example, College Inn chicken broth enhances the flavor of leftover poultry in recipes. Some great dishes include One-Pot Noodles with Chicken and Broccoli, Santa Fe Chipotle Beef Stew and Tortilla Soup, all of which can be found at www.collegeinn.com/everydayexcitement.
"Nothing makes a dish more moist and delicious than the addition of a simple broth, and with new, exotic flavors, such as College Inn’s new line of Culinary Broths in Thai Coconut Curry or White Wine and Herb varieties, you can surprise your family with rich, new tastes," says Laura Molseed Ali, Del Monte’s resident dietitian. "Adding broth to a favorite dish or stew will give your meals a lighter flavor than what you’d get with a heavy cream or butter."
Simple Snacks and Mood Foods
You can also beat the doldrums with mood-enhancing snack choices. People typically reach for a bar of chocolate or caffeinated beverage for a quick energy boost, but both can cause short-term increases in energy followed by crashes. Try to avoid caffeine and alcohol in high doses as both contribute to irritability and depression.
Instead, try simple mood-boosting snacks like trail mix or a fruit cup which are healthier for you than sugary snacks and easy to take on-the-go. If you are absolutely in need of a chocolate or sugar fix and don’t want to overindulge, drizzle a small amount of fat-free chocolate syrup over a whole wheat English muffin for a smarter mid-afternoon snack. Or pack your favorite instant hot cocoa packets in your lunch bag.
Drinks to Warm You on the Inside
It has been proven that hot drinks can actually make you feel less irritable during the winter season. A recent study at Yale University shows that holding a warm drink 'warms' your personality. A simple solution to reduce cold weather irritability is to sip hot cocoa, savor a cup of flavorful broth, or relish a warm apple cider to brighten a bad mood. You’ll instantly feel a little better during a cold hectic day.
Maintaining a warm, healthy body with the right foods and beverages will no doubt help you to keep a glowing personality this winter season.
For more helpful ideas and recipes this winter, visit www.collegeinn.com/everydayexcitement.
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When the sun starts setting earlier, many people also look forward to enjoying traditional delicious winter comfort foods that evoke warmth and nostalgia. Nothing is cozier and more heart-warming than a flavorful meal of chicken pot pie, a savory casserole, a steamy stir-fry or a piping hot bowl of soup to melt a cold winter day away.
You don’t have to lock yourself away in the kitchen all day either to prepare your family’s favorite dishes. Look no further than your own kitchen cupboard for simple solutions to creating hearty and economical meals that will beat the winter blues. Here are a few easy tips to warm your soul and get you through the chilly season:
Yesterday’s Leftovers Made a Little Richer
Often, you open the fridge and face a daunting stack of containers full of leftovers. But last week’s meals can be perfect for turning into a simple chicken pot pie, a hearty stew or a quick casserole. Suddenly, those leftovers are transformed into five more appetizing weeknight dinners.
An easy tip for making leftovers more rich and flavorful when combined in one dish is to add a ready-made broth or stock to guarantee moisture that may have been lost. For example, College Inn chicken broth enhances the flavor of leftover poultry in recipes. Some great dishes include One-Pot Noodles with Chicken and Broccoli, Santa Fe Chipotle Beef Stew and Tortilla Soup, all of which can be found at www.collegeinn.com/everydayexcitement.
"Nothing makes a dish more moist and delicious than the addition of a simple broth, and with new, exotic flavors, such as College Inn’s new line of Culinary Broths in Thai Coconut Curry or White Wine and Herb varieties, you can surprise your family with rich, new tastes," says Laura Molseed Ali, Del Monte’s resident dietitian. "Adding broth to a favorite dish or stew will give your meals a lighter flavor than what you’d get with a heavy cream or butter."
Simple Snacks and Mood Foods
You can also beat the doldrums with mood-enhancing snack choices. People typically reach for a bar of chocolate or caffeinated beverage for a quick energy boost, but both can cause short-term increases in energy followed by crashes. Try to avoid caffeine and alcohol in high doses as both contribute to irritability and depression.
Instead, try simple mood-boosting snacks like trail mix or a fruit cup which are healthier for you than sugary snacks and easy to take on-the-go. If you are absolutely in need of a chocolate or sugar fix and don’t want to overindulge, drizzle a small amount of fat-free chocolate syrup over a whole wheat English muffin for a smarter mid-afternoon snack. Or pack your favorite instant hot cocoa packets in your lunch bag.
Drinks to Warm You on the Inside
It has been proven that hot drinks can actually make you feel less irritable during the winter season. A recent study at Yale University shows that holding a warm drink 'warms' your personality. A simple solution to reduce cold weather irritability is to sip hot cocoa, savor a cup of flavorful broth, or relish a warm apple cider to brighten a bad mood. You’ll instantly feel a little better during a cold hectic day.
Maintaining a warm, healthy body with the right foods and beverages will no doubt help you to keep a glowing personality this winter season.
For more helpful ideas and recipes this winter, visit www.collegeinn.com/everydayexcitement.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Rice Recipes Rich In Nutritious Flavor
(NAPSI)-Preparing meals that are budget and family friendly, healthy, fast and delicious is much easier when you start with a nutritious ingredient, such as rice, that can be used in a variety of recipes.
Rice absorbs the flavor of other ingredients and certain types of rice are easy to make and cook quickly. To save time, rice can be prepared in advance and later used in quick recipes like the ones below.
Take Minute Rice, for example. Minute Brown Rice was recently named one of the best packaged foods by Women's Health magazine because it takes only 10 minutes to cook yet it has the same nutritional value as long-cooking brown rice.
Brown and white rice are both complex carbohydrates that are trans fat-free, sodium-free and gluten-free, which makes rice healthy for the whole family. Additionally, brown rice is a 100 percent whole grain product, and research has shown that a diet rich in whole grains reduces the risk of heart disease, certain cancers and type 2 diabetes. Here are a variety of quick, easy, healthy and delicious tips the whole family will love:
Breakfast Tips
• Sprinkle cinnamon and brown sugar over hot cooked rice. You can also add dried fruit, milk and nuts to make breakfast even better.
• Fold cooked white or brown rice into your favorite fruit yogurt. Add granola and fresh fruit. Top with honey.
• Enhance the nuttiness of brown rice by adding cashews, peanuts or sunflower seeds. Stir in dried cranberries, cherries or blueberries for a nutritious snack.
Quick Meals
• For a delicious farmer's scramble, add scrambled eggs, cooked sausage, cheese and green onions to hot cooked rice. Salsa makes a great topping.
• For an easy Waldorf salad, add chopped apples, celery, raisins, pecans and vanilla yogurt to cooked and cooled brown rice.
• For an easy pilaf, add sautéed onions, mushrooms and green peppers to rice cooked with chicken broth. Top with toasted pine nuts.
Sweet Treats
• Make a quick raspberry rice pudding by mixing cooled rice, fresh raspberries, honey and vanilla yogurt. Top with lemon zest.
• For an easy apple cobbler, add sliced apples, cinnamon, brown sugar, chopped nuts and vanilla yogurt to hot cooked white or brown rice.
To reheat leftover rice, add two tablespoons of water for each cup of cooked rice and microwave on HIGH about 1 minute per cup or cover and heat in a pan about 5 minutes. Leftover cooked Minute Rice may be stored in a covered container in the refrigerator up to three days.
For more information, including nutritional tips, recipes and recipe videos, visit www.MinuteRice.com.
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Rice absorbs the flavor of other ingredients and certain types of rice are easy to make and cook quickly. To save time, rice can be prepared in advance and later used in quick recipes like the ones below.
Take Minute Rice, for example. Minute Brown Rice was recently named one of the best packaged foods by Women's Health magazine because it takes only 10 minutes to cook yet it has the same nutritional value as long-cooking brown rice.
Brown and white rice are both complex carbohydrates that are trans fat-free, sodium-free and gluten-free, which makes rice healthy for the whole family. Additionally, brown rice is a 100 percent whole grain product, and research has shown that a diet rich in whole grains reduces the risk of heart disease, certain cancers and type 2 diabetes. Here are a variety of quick, easy, healthy and delicious tips the whole family will love:
Breakfast Tips
• Sprinkle cinnamon and brown sugar over hot cooked rice. You can also add dried fruit, milk and nuts to make breakfast even better.
• Fold cooked white or brown rice into your favorite fruit yogurt. Add granola and fresh fruit. Top with honey.
• Enhance the nuttiness of brown rice by adding cashews, peanuts or sunflower seeds. Stir in dried cranberries, cherries or blueberries for a nutritious snack.
Quick Meals
• For a delicious farmer's scramble, add scrambled eggs, cooked sausage, cheese and green onions to hot cooked rice. Salsa makes a great topping.
• For an easy Waldorf salad, add chopped apples, celery, raisins, pecans and vanilla yogurt to cooked and cooled brown rice.
• For an easy pilaf, add sautéed onions, mushrooms and green peppers to rice cooked with chicken broth. Top with toasted pine nuts.
Sweet Treats
• Make a quick raspberry rice pudding by mixing cooled rice, fresh raspberries, honey and vanilla yogurt. Top with lemon zest.
• For an easy apple cobbler, add sliced apples, cinnamon, brown sugar, chopped nuts and vanilla yogurt to hot cooked white or brown rice.
To reheat leftover rice, add two tablespoons of water for each cup of cooked rice and microwave on HIGH about 1 minute per cup or cover and heat in a pan about 5 minutes. Leftover cooked Minute Rice may be stored in a covered container in the refrigerator up to three days.
For more information, including nutritional tips, recipes and recipe videos, visit www.MinuteRice.com.
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Friday, November 28, 2008
Bringing Delicious Ingenuity To Leftovers
CC Note: Don't know about you, but I'm still stuffed from all the wonderful Thanksgiving treats on my table. Here's a variation of my own Ultimate Leftover Turkey Sandwich. In mine, I use my homemade cranberry sauce along with a healthy dose of cranberry stuffing with my turkey. An added treat is a thick slice of Havardi cheese. I find it's the perfect snack as I overdose on the college football this weekend. Of course, I will serve this sandwich in wheel form for the annual Georgia- Georgia Tech game.
(NAPSI)-When it comes to preparing festive meals, it almost seems customary for the host to prepare much more food than can be eaten at one meal so friends and family can savor the flavors for several days to come. Cold turkey and its fixings can be as delicious as when they are first served if you bring a spark of ingenuity to your leftover recipe ideas.
Why settle for an ordinary turkey sandwich when you can have a deluxe offering that combines tastes from all corners of the table? The Ultimate Leftover Turkey Sandwich starts with slices of turkey breast that are complemented with a scoop of bread stuffing and tangy cranberry sauce. This leftover classic is dressed up with hearty multigrain bread that's been spread with Kraft Mayo with Olive Oil, which has all the taste of regular mayo but only half the fat and calories.
Roasted sweet potatoes combine in beautiful color and texture with celery, walnuts and red onions in a Roasted Sweet Potato Salad. This seasonal twist on a classic potato salad is also brightened up with the great taste of Kraft Mayo with Olive Oil that delightfully blends all of the recipe's flavors, while delivering only half the fat and calories of traditional mayonnaise.
For more recipes and tips on healthy living, visit www.kraftfoods.com.
The Ultimate Leftover Turkey Sandwich
Prep: 10 min.
Total: 10 min.
2 slices multigrain bread
1 Tbsp. KRAFT Mayo with Olive Oil Reduced Fat Mayonnaise
3 oz. oven-roasted turkey breast, sliced
½ cup prepared STOVE TOP Stuffing Mix for Turkey
2 Tbsp. cranberry sauce
Spread bread with Mayo; fill with remaining ingredients.
Makes 1 serving.
Serving Suggestion:
Serve with a mixed green salad tossed with your favorite KRAFT Dressing.
Creative Leftovers:
Substitute 1 leftover dinner roll, cut in half, for the 2 bread slices.
Roasted Sweet Potato Salad
Prep: 40 min.
plus cooling
1 lb. sweet potatoes (about 3), peeled, cubed
⅓ cup KRAFT Zesty Italian Dressing, divided
3 Tbsp. KRAFT Mayo with Olive Oil Reduced Fat Mayonnaise
2 stalks celery, chopped
½ cup PLANTERS Walnut Pieces, toasted
¼ cup chopped red onions
Heat oven to 400° F. Toss potatoes with 3 Tbsp. Italian dressing; spread into shallow foil-lined baking pan.
Bake 25 to 30 min. or until potatoes are tender, stirring after 15 min. Cool completely.
Mix Mayo and remaining Italian dressing in large bowl. Add potatoes, celery, nuts and onions; toss lightly.
Makes 6 servings, about ½ cup each.
Substitute:
Substitute green onions for the red onions.
Make Ahead:
Salad can be made ahead of time. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
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(NAPSI)-When it comes to preparing festive meals, it almost seems customary for the host to prepare much more food than can be eaten at one meal so friends and family can savor the flavors for several days to come. Cold turkey and its fixings can be as delicious as when they are first served if you bring a spark of ingenuity to your leftover recipe ideas.
Why settle for an ordinary turkey sandwich when you can have a deluxe offering that combines tastes from all corners of the table? The Ultimate Leftover Turkey Sandwich starts with slices of turkey breast that are complemented with a scoop of bread stuffing and tangy cranberry sauce. This leftover classic is dressed up with hearty multigrain bread that's been spread with Kraft Mayo with Olive Oil, which has all the taste of regular mayo but only half the fat and calories.
Roasted sweet potatoes combine in beautiful color and texture with celery, walnuts and red onions in a Roasted Sweet Potato Salad. This seasonal twist on a classic potato salad is also brightened up with the great taste of Kraft Mayo with Olive Oil that delightfully blends all of the recipe's flavors, while delivering only half the fat and calories of traditional mayonnaise.
For more recipes and tips on healthy living, visit www.kraftfoods.com.
The Ultimate Leftover Turkey Sandwich
Prep: 10 min.
Total: 10 min.
2 slices multigrain bread
1 Tbsp. KRAFT Mayo with Olive Oil Reduced Fat Mayonnaise
3 oz. oven-roasted turkey breast, sliced
½ cup prepared STOVE TOP Stuffing Mix for Turkey
2 Tbsp. cranberry sauce
Spread bread with Mayo; fill with remaining ingredients.
Makes 1 serving.
Serving Suggestion:
Serve with a mixed green salad tossed with your favorite KRAFT Dressing.
Creative Leftovers:
Substitute 1 leftover dinner roll, cut in half, for the 2 bread slices.
Roasted Sweet Potato Salad
Prep: 40 min.
plus cooling
1 lb. sweet potatoes (about 3), peeled, cubed
⅓ cup KRAFT Zesty Italian Dressing, divided
3 Tbsp. KRAFT Mayo with Olive Oil Reduced Fat Mayonnaise
2 stalks celery, chopped
½ cup PLANTERS Walnut Pieces, toasted
¼ cup chopped red onions
Heat oven to 400° F. Toss potatoes with 3 Tbsp. Italian dressing; spread into shallow foil-lined baking pan.
Bake 25 to 30 min. or until potatoes are tender, stirring after 15 min. Cool completely.
Mix Mayo and remaining Italian dressing in large bowl. Add potatoes, celery, nuts and onions; toss lightly.
Makes 6 servings, about ½ cup each.
Substitute:
Substitute green onions for the red onions.
Make Ahead:
Salad can be made ahead of time. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
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