9 Great Recipes for Leftover Turkey

Turkey is really about leftovers

Holiday dinners will likely leave you with mounds of leftover turkey. This lean meat is low in fat and an excellent source of protein, so don't let it go to waste.

But you don't have to settle for another boring turkey sandwich.

Here are nine original—and tasty—recipes to help you create great meals using leftover turkey.

Turkey-Broccoli Bake

Incorporating unsalted butter and low-sodium broth in this recipe makes it perfect for those watching their salt intake. If you’re looking to cut down on fat, use only the white meat.

For a lighter version, substitute olive oil for the butter and replace the heavy cream with either milk or half-and-half.

Serves: 6

Calories: 320 per 1 1/2 cups serving

Turkey Tostadas

Take your turkey leftovers south of the border with this recipe. Using turkey instead of beef will take off 7 grams of saturated fat, while the whole-wheat tortilla increases your fiber intake.

Serves: 4

Calories: 395 per tostada

Thai Curry Turkey

Wake up from your turkey-induced trance by tossing leftover sweet potatoes and turkey into this spicy dish. By using light coconut milk and no oil, you'll slash as much as 30 grams of fat and cut your sodium by a quarter.

Serves: 4

Calories: 382 per 1 cup turkey and 1 1/4 cups rice

Turkey Lasagna

Lasagna is notorious for having a lot of cheese, which is high in saturated fat and cholesterol. This recipe calls for low-fat and reduced-fat cheese, making it a much healthier option. Throw in some spinach for a great source of fiber.

Serves: 9

Calories: 283 per slice
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11 Foods for Healthy Bones 01

Salmon

Salmon is known for having plenty of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, but a 3-ounce piece of sockeye salmon contains more than 100% of your vitamin D. So eat up for your heart and your bones.

Spinach

Don’t eat dairy products? Spinach will be your new favorite way to get calcium. One cup of cooked spinach contains almost 25% of your daily calcium, plus fiber, iron, and vitamin A.

Fortified cereal

Certain cereals—like Kashi U Black Currants and Walnuts, Total Whole Grain, and Wheaties—contain up to 25% of your daily vitamin D. When you don’t have time to cook salmon or get out in the sun, cereals can be a tasty way to get your vitamin D.

Tuna

Tuna, another fatty fish, is a good source of vitamin D. Three ounces of canned tuna contains 154 IU, or about 39% of your daily dose of the sunshine vitamin. Try these low-cal Tuna-Melt Tacos as a way to sneak in vitamin D and calcium.

Collard greens

Like spinach, this leafy green often enjoyed south of the Mason-Dixon line is full of calcium. One cup of cooked collards contains more than 25% of your daily calcium. Plus you can easily sneak it into your favorite foods, like this über-healthy frittata.

Orange juice

A glass of fresh-squeezed OJ doesn’t have calcium or vitamin D, but it’s often fortified to contain these nutrients. Try Tropicana's Calcium + Vitamin D to get a boost of these essentials.

Also, studies have shown that the ascorbic acid in OJ may help with calcium absorption, so you may be more likely to get the benefits of this fortified drink. 
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5-Minute Fat Burners 02

Jog

Jog in place while waiting for your nails to dry

45 calories

Sled

Go for a quick sled run down the nearest hill

40 calories

Bounce

Bounce on a stability ball during the commercials while watching Frosty the Snowman

58 calories

Bend

Sample one of the free workouts on the New Pilates app you just downloaded from iTunes

Play

Take on any challengers in a game of Ping-Pong

23 calories
 

Push-up

Do as many push-ups as you can

45 calories
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21 Celebs Who Embraced Natural Medicine

Richard Gere

One of Hollywood's most famous Buddhists, Gere started meditating at age 24 and continues to do so daily. He told PBS that it's a creative process involving finding "the space between thoughts" and that it's different for him every time.

The relaxation technique can ease a range of ailments—including chronic pain, depression, and insomnia—and it may even help smokers quit.

Olivia Newton-John

Along with chemotherapy, the singer and actress used complementary treatments such as herbal supplements, acupuncture, meditation, and visualization to battle breast cancer. When she was first diagnosed in 1992, she even considered forgoing chemotherapy entirely in favor of homeopathic treatments and acupuncture, but eventually "common sense prevailed," she told CNN.

Maintaining a positive mindset throughout the experience also helped her heal, she said.

Russell Simmons

The hip-hop mogul may not seem like the typical meditation practitioner, but he's been getting his om on for over a decade.

In a 2010 blog on the Huffington Post, Simmons wrote that meditation "has given me energy, strength, health, wisdom, and access to my own inner stillness, inner silence, inner bliss. It is my connection to myself; it is my connection to the universe."

Madonna

After claiming that urinating on your feet is a cure for athlete's foot on The Late Show With David Letterman in 1994, it's not surprising that Madonna has ascribed to some strange natural cures. Today, the buff performer is a fan of more mainstream alternative practices, such as yoga.

James Hetfield

A sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll-loving guitarist and singer isn't the typical poster boy for natural remedies. But in 2008, Metallica's Hetfield told the Houston Chronicle in order to get through the band's tour to promote that year's Death Magnetic album, he was trying out some alternative treatments, including reflexology, acupuncture, and drinking a "secret vegetable concoction."

Steve McQueen

The bad-boy actor was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a deadly cancer of the lung lining, in 1979. He traveled to Mexico in July 1980 to be treated with pancreatic enzymes, a controversial therapy developed by a dentist who had since been "blacklisted" by the American Cancer Society, the New York Times reported.

McQueen is also said to have received 50 daily vitamins and minerals, psychotherapy, coffee enemas, and injections made from sheep and cattle fetuses, all while taking part in healing massages and prayer sessions. After additional treatments with laetrile, a controversial apricot-pit-based injection, McQueen said he was in recovery, but he died shortly thereafter, following surgery to remove cancer from his abdomen and neck.
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4 Delicious Holiday Baked Goods

Afternoon delights

Pumpkin-Chai Quickbread

Ingredients: Baking spray with flour, all-purpose flour, whole-wheat pastry flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves, ground cardamom, ground allspice, eggs, egg white, 2% reduced fat milk, canola oil, canned pumpkin puree, pumpkin seeds

Calories: 184

Zucchini-Fig Mini Cakes

Ingredients: Baking spray with flour, all-purpose flour, whole-wheat pastry flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground nutmeg, egg, egg white, low-fat plain yogurt, extra-virgin olive oil, grated zucchini, dried figs, powdered sugar (optional)

Calories: 178

Banana-Coconut Muffins

Ingredients: All-purpose flour, whole-wheat pastry flour, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ripe bananas, egg, egg white, canola oil, vanilla extract, coconut milk, unsweetened shredded coconut

Calories: 265

Chocolate Marble Cake

Ingredients: Cake: Baking spray with flour, all-purpose flour, whole-wheat pastry flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, light sour cream, plain almond milk, applesauce, unsalted butter, eggs, egg whites, vanilla extract, unsweetened chocolate, unsweetened cocoa powder Glaze: Powdered sugar, unsalted butter, unsweetened cocoa

Calories: 219
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