Receta Looking for healthy turkey leftover recipes? Try Turkey Apricot Rice Salad!
Love after Thanksgiving leftovers? Well, if you’re searching for healthy turkey leftover recipes, you have to try this Turkey Apricot Rice Salad. This easy leftover turkey recipe comes from my frequent contributor, Holly Clegg. It’s featured in her cookbook, Eating Well To Fight Arthritis.
What I love about this turkey leftover recipe is that it uses up other Thanksgiving leftovers like rice, dried cranberries, and sliced almonds that you have leftover after cooking up the feast.
You can make Turkey Apricot Rice Salad with wild rice, regular rice, or brown rice. If you're nut free, just leave the almonds out or substitute sunflower seeds or pine nuts (which are also seeds).
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Turkey Apricot Rice Salad, a delicious turkey leftover recipe!
Holiday time and have extra wild rice and turkey? Turn leftovers into tomorrow’s dinner by spiking the rice with vivid colors, flavors, and toasty crunchy almonds for an undemanding and unforgettable salad. After all the heavy eating, you’ll enjoy this diabetic-friendly and gluten-free recipe that is super satisfying!
Classic turkey turns trendy with a few ingredients making your family look forward to your next meal. Turkey Apricot Rice Salad from Eating Well To Fight Arthritis cookbook is a simple supper solution combining leftover wild rice and turkey with dried fruit - tossing together for a light and delicious entrée salad.
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Turkey Apricot Rice Salad
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 tablespoons roasted garlic seasoned rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 4 cups cooked wild, white or brown rice
- 2 cups chopped boneless skinless cooked turkey
- 1 cup dried apricots strips
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries or mixed berries
- 1 cup chopped green onions
- 1/3 cup sliced almonds, toasted
Directions
In small bowl, whisk together lime juice, vinegar, oil, honey and ginger; set aside.
In large bowl, combine remaining ingredients except almonds. Combine with dressing and toss with almonds. Serve.
Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Total Time: 20 Minutes
Servings: Makes 8 servings
Serving size: 1 cup
Calories: 277
Calories from Fat: 64 (23%)
Total Fat: 7g
Saturated fat: 1g
Unsaturated fat: 6g
Sodium: 111 mg
Total Carbohydrates: 39g
Sugar: 19g
Fiber: 4g
Protein: 16g
Cholesterol: 30mg
Dietary Exchanges: 1 1/2 starch, 1 fruit, 2 lean meat
Recipe and photo used with permission of the author.