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Lighten Up Those Holiday Leftovers With This Smoked Turkey Salad

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Here’s my favorite way to use leftover Thanksgiving smoked turkey—leftover smoked turkey salad. I share it as a recipe, but you can riff on the ingredients. Don’t like blue cheese? Skip it. Hardboiled eggs make a nice addition. Why not smoke the nuts while you’re at it?

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Finished recipe of leftover smoked turkey salad.

Leftover Smoked Turkey Salad Recipe

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This salad is perfect for a light supper or even as a BBQ side dish.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients
 
 

Dressing
  • 3 teaspoons honey
  • ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
  • ½ cup dried cranberries
  • 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Salad
  • 4 cups lettuce
  • 2 cups cabbage, red or green
  • 1 apple
  • ½ cup smoked turkey meat
  • 1 ½ cups crumbled blue cheese
  • cup slivered cashews, almonds, or chopped walnuts

Method
 

  1. Make the dressing. Whisk all the ingredients together in a saucepan and warm over a low heat until the cranberries plump, about 5 minutes. Cool in the fridge.
  2. Make the salad. Toast the nuts in a dry frying pan over a medium heat until they are aromatic and start to darken. Do not let them burn; they can burn quickly if you walk away. Shred the lettuce and the cabbage, and core the apple, then cut it into bite-sized cubes.
  3. Serve. Toss the dressing with everything except the hardboiled eggs then divide the salad among four bowls. Top with the eggs and serve.

Notes

Optional. 4 hardboiled eggs, sliced with a slicer or chopped coarsely.

Approximate Nutrition

Calories: 560kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 17gFat: 41gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 22gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 740mgPotassium: 465mgFiber: 4gSugar: 25gVitamin A: 814IUVitamin C: 17mgCalcium: 309mgIron: 2mg

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Published On: April 7, 2013
Last Modified On: April 2, 2026

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