By Catherine Hansen

TYH: How To Make The Best Of Your Turkey Leftovers

Oct 17, 2017 | 11:00 AM

The festivities are over, now what to do with the leftovers? On today’s To Your Health, Catherine Hansen looks at ways to re-invent your turkey.

(Announcer:) And now, “To Your Health”. Brought to you by Hart Drugs, Third Avenue Pharmacy and the Phoenix Pharmacy.

(Reporter Catherine Hansen:) Many of us celebrated Thanksgiving over the long weekend with a turkey dinner.  The longstanding tradition of food, family and friends is part of the holiday.  But now that its over, many of us also have leftovers.

(Flo Sheppard – Dietician, Northern Health:) “One of my favorite things to do is I have containers, and I will divvy the turkey dinner up into serving sizes for myself and other family members. Then I freeze them and three weeks later, I take them out and we have turkey dinner all over again.”

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(Hansen:) Turkey is a great addition to many dishes – it is tasty, versatile, and nutritious. Turkey is low in fat and high in protein. It is also an inexpensive source of iron, zinc, phosphorus, potassium and B vitamins.

(Sheppard:) “It helps sort of add satiety I would say. And what I mean by that is, if you add a protein choice at a meal or a snack, it makes that food last longer so you don’t feel hungry as quickly.”

(Hansen:) For a little bit of effort to cook a turkey, you can get a meal that keeps on giving. Besides stews and soups,  turkey is a great addition to quesidillas,  pizzas, sandwiches, salads and more.

(Sheppard:) “Think about sort of low effort ways. It’s just adding turkey and substituting it in recipes you might make already. So thinking about turkey fried rice, or instead of ground beef, adding finely-chopped turkey to spagehetti sauce, so that that’s what you serve over your pasta. Thinking about making a frittata and adding chunks of turkey to that is a great way to it, adding it to a stirfry.”

(Hansen:) Getting creative can help stretch leftovers and in turn, save waste and money, and thats something else to be thankful for! To your health, Catherine Hansen, CKPG News.