Recipe Index: Turkey

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Braised Turkey Legs
Braised Turkey Legs
Everybody loves turkey breast for their turkey sandwiches but the more flavorful meat comes from the dark meat found in turkey thighs and legs. These, by the way, are much less expensive than the breasts. Mom and dad have a...
Chilled Turkey Loaf
Chilled Turkey Loaf
Rummaging through old magazines, mom and dad have both been finding plenty of recipes to inspire them. Personally, I would never have picked this one out of the bunch, but something in it caught my dad's eye. Perhaps that it...
Chipotle Turkey Salad
Chipotle Turkey Salad
I don't know about you, but our family typically roasts a turkey that provides at least twice as much meat, if not more, as we actually need for our Thanksgiving meal, leaving us with many meals to plan using turkey...
Dad's Turkey Stew
Dad's Turkey Stew
One of the most filling, delicious and affordable dishes one can make is turkey stew. You make it with turkey thighs (or legs), which, in addition to being the tastier dark meat, you can usually get for $1.50 per pound...
Mom's Ground Turkey and Peppers
Mom's Ground Turkey and Peppers
I'm smiling as I write this. Why? Because there is no dish that reminds me more of my mother than her ground turkey with peppers. I've never had it anywhere but at home, not even at a school cafeteria, where...
Mom's Roast Turkey
Mom's Roast Turkey
Turkey ready to go in the oven My mom's turkey is unlike others. The breast meat isn't dried out, requiring cupfuls of gravy to taste good, but moist and flavorful. I've been watching her make our family turkey for...
Mom's Turkey Soup
Mom's Turkey Soup
Every Thanksgiving my mother takes what's left of the turkey carcass and makes a delicious turkey soup that we enjoy for days. The first step is to make the stock, which you can get started on right after dinner.
Mom's Turkey Stuffing
Mom's Turkey Stuffing
This is my grandmother's recipe, which my mother has been using to make our Thanksgiving turkey stuffing for more than 40 years. I've never tasted any turkey stuffing that has come close to as good as mom's. Although years ago...
Spicy Grilled Turkey Burger with Coleslaw
Spicy Grilled Turkey Burger with Coleslaw
Recently my father announced he had a cunning plan. He found a grilled turkey burger recipe that he wanted to try, but rather than just use any old ground turkey, he would make half the burgers with ground dark meat...
Stuffed Zucchini with Turkey Sausage
Stuffed Zucchini with Turkey Sausage
Just got back from the BlogHer conference to find a 3 pound zucchini in the garden! Fortunately I remembered this recipe from our recipe archive (originally posted in August 2007). Have a favorite stuffed zucchini recipe? Please let us know...
Toasted Turkey Cranberry Arugula Sandwich
Toasted Turkey Cranberry Arugula Sandwich
It's turkey season and this week we experimented with several different ways to make a turkey cranberry sandwich - grilled, plain, toasted, with cream cheese, with gruyere, etc. - in our what-are-we-having-for-lunch test kitchen. The winner? Hands down favorite was...
Turkey and Bacon Rolls
Turkey and Bacon Rolls
Wandering around the web the other day, I encountered this recipe for gorgeous looking rocamboles de volaille, basically a poultry roll, on a French-language website about Portuguese food. In Brazil apparently rolled foods are called "rocamboles"; if there are Brazilians...
Turkey Chili
Turkey Chili
In preparation for Thanksgiving, and in anticipation of turkey leftovers, we've been experimenting with various turkey dishes that use cooked turkey. This recipe is an easy one for turkey chili using turkey leftovers. (My mom makes great chili beans if...
Turkey Stew with Peppers and Mushrooms
After the holiday indulgences I'm delighted to find this hearty low carb turkey stew recipe from New York Times food critic and writer Marian Burros. Marian is using turkey as a substitute for veal which is what one would more...
Turkey Stroganoff
Turkey Stroganoff
What to do with all those turkey leftovers? We decided to make turkey stroganoff with some of ours. Stroganoff is a classic Russian dish, popularized in America after World War II, which typically has beef and mushrooms served in a...
Turkey Tacos with Cranberry Salsa
Turkey Tacos with Cranberry Salsa
One of my favorite things to make with leftover turkey is turkey tacos. Usually I have some leftover cranberry relish (I always make too much) to go with the tacos in lieu of salsa, but this time I thought I...
Turkey Tetrazzini
Turkey Tetrazzini
Tetrazzini is an American pasta dish that includes a cream sauce, mushrooms, and either chicken, turkey, or seafood. It is thought to have been invented in San Francisco and named after the famous opera singer of the early 1900s, Luisa...
Turkey White Chili
Turkey White Chili
Usually after Thanksgiving we have plenty of leftover turkey and enough turkey stock for several days of dishes. Today I whipped up some turkey white chili, based on our chicken white chili recipe, but made it with cooked turkey meat...