What do you do with your leftover turkey?

This recipe is care of Old Farmer's Almanac...
Turkey Hash
2 cups diced cooked turkey
2 cups diced cooked potatoes
3 tablespoons finely chopped green bell pepper
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon salt
pepper, to taste
1 cup turkey gravy
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients. Turn into a large greased casserole, cover, and bake for 45 minutes. In the last 15 minutes, remove the cover to brown the top.

A favorite of mine is, Open Face Turkey Sandwiches;
Take a sprayed cookie sheet, line up as many slices as you have people, make it unhealthy, use white bread! LOL! Actually, potato bread is excellent.
Place a thin slice of cranberry sauce on each slice, cover with sliced turkey, top with either leftover dressing or mashed potatoes, top that with whatever veggie you served; asparagus, broccoli or green beans and slather on some gravy!
Place under the broiler until bubbly...then enjoy!

Now, share some of your favorites!

DO YOU LIKE SWEET TATERS?

of course the foliage is absotively beautiful!

but, did you know that you can pluck the greenery from the potato, stick it into some soil and in about two months have your very own sweet potatoes?

first you'll need a sweet potato - next you'll need to poke a bamboo skewer through it's midsection and place it into a tall cup or jar of water, remembering to keep water in it up midway until the greenery comes on.

when you have done this and your greenery appears, wait until each frond is about eight to ten inches long, pluck it off and stick it about two to three inches into a large pot of loose soil. indoors in the winter, moving the pot outdoors in the warmer months.

it takes about two months to realize your crop and you'll need to put on a pair of rubber gloves and dig down into the soil to check on the progress of the tater - we like ours to be at least six inches in length and about as big around as a half dollar for frying. larger for boiling or baking.

some benefits of sweet potatoes!

frying:

place about two tablespoons of canola (or other good oil) into a frying pan - put four cups of scrubbed and sliced sweet potatoes (unpeeled) into hot oil - fry until tender and serve. you may also add midway through whatever spices you'd like.

if you'll notice - the sweet potatoes DO NOT absorb any of the oil - i thought it was magic at first, but they just don't get greasy - most of the oil is left standing right in the pan! TOSS IT!

remember when frying sweet potatoes with other potatoes - they get done quicker than the other potatoes so slice them twice as thick.

ENJOY!

Overnight Coffe Cake (a crosspost)

3/4 c. butter or margarine, softened

1 c. sugar

Cream together, then add;
2 eggs

1 c. sour cream.


In a separate mixing bowl, combine;

2 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. nutmeg.



Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture, a little at a time, mix well, pour into greased and floured 13x9x2, or 2 8x8 baking dishes.



Combine

3/4 c. packed brown sugar(I use dark)

1/2 c. chopped nuts(walnuts, cashews, or pecans...or be like AOW and use mixed)

1 tsp. gr. cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice,

mix well and sprinkle over top.(I add pats of butter as well.)

Cover and refrigerate overnight, next morning, uncover and bake in 350 degree oven for 35-40 minutes, or until it tests done.Mmmmmmmmmm!