leftover turkey

seeking_happines

hi merry chrismas to every one.....:xmassmile
its boxing day and im faced with the remains of the ....TURKEY.....:o
and what to do with it, as im starting my new get rid of mortage, and debt over the next three years i need to make sure every thing is streatched as far as possible soooooo..what to do with the
b/'.;' /.. bird!!!!! has any one any ideas , we are a family of five but two of my boys are autistic so wont eat mixed up food lik currys and stews although we will and one of them just likes ...MEAT..!!

so here's the chllanger how many meals can you make out of one turkey?:rotfl:

cornishjanner

Cold turkey and salad or veg, Turkey and ham pie, risotto, quiche, make white sauce with herbs/lemon and turkey and have it on toast or with pasta ... stretch it out with mushrooms and or bacon ... and make stock for soup.

It's just unfortunate that no-one will want a proper meal until the chocolate has all gone!

HappyMJ

How big is this turkey? I can usually divide a bird's raw weight by 200 grams and can make that many servings out of it. Treat it just like chicken. Slice it all up, portion it and freeze it. Then just take each bit out of the freezer, reheat the meat and put on plate with other things.

seeking_happines

thanks for the ideas it was a 5LB bird....i was hoping for 6 to 12 meals plus stock gravy and soup , the soup would be for me for 10 bowls at lunch time ie for two weeks while boys are at school, ....

chocolate what chocolate:rotfl::A
my aim is to feed us all on a budget of £200 per month :eek: including houshold items etc..so the bird has got to go as far as possible,

Linda32

I do the same as HappyMJ, we portioned ours yesterday before The Queen Some has been saved as cold meat the other portioned and will be re-heated as dinners. We do the same with chicken throughout the year.

pleasedelete

Do you mean 5lb

seeking_happines

sorry yes

pleasedelete

That's a 2kg turkey- do they come that small? Mine was 7kg sold as an 8 person turkey. So 2kg would be a 2 person turkey . Chickens ate bigger than 5lbs.

jackieb

We got a turkey crown for 8-10 people. It'll be finished off today. Can't remember the weight of it. It would have made great stock but I had no room in the fridge or freezer for it, so had the throw the carcass out.

pinkypig

I have just finished dealing with mine! We got a 3.5kg bird (plus a joint of beef) for the 6 of us. We had a good Christmas dinner out of it and I have manged to stretch the leftovers to -

Enough sliced breast meat for a roast dinner for 4

3 packs of meat which will each do a meal in curry, sweet and sour or pies ect

4.5 (!!!) litres of turkey soup

I also have a large jug of left over gravy made from the gibblets.

All of the above now packed into the freezer ready for skint January with the exception of 4 bowls of soup which we had for lunch with HM bread that I found lurking at the back of the freezer and it was yummy!

Enjoy your leftovers :money:

PP xx