turkey Archives - Foxes Love Lemons simple, yet special, recipes for the home chef. Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:42:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://foxeslovelemons.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/favicon-200x200.ico turkey Archives - Foxes Love Lemons 32 32 Leftover Turkey Chili https://foxeslovelemons.com/leftover-turkey-chili/ https://foxeslovelemons.com/leftover-turkey-chili/#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://foxeslovelemons.com/?p=25594 This is the best Turkey Chili recipe to use up leftover turkey. It comes together in about 30 minutes and you can eat it now or freeze it for later. “WOW! I made this chili today and it was truly the best chili I’ve ever eaten, and that’s saying something! Served it up with diced […]

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This is the best Turkey Chili recipe to use up leftover turkey. It comes together in about 30 minutes and you can eat it now or freeze it for later.

A bowl of the best turkey chili recipe topped with corn chips, cheese, sour cream and green onions.

“WOW! I made this chili today and it was truly the best chili I’ve ever eaten, and that’s saying something! Served it up with diced white onion, grated sharp cheddar, sour cream, Tabasco, and our favorite, oyster crackers. Enough left for lunch tomorrow. Another home run!”

—Cindy

Leftover Turkey? Get Ready For The Best Turkey Chili

How do you like to enjoy your Thanksgiving leftovers? On the Friday after Thanksgiving, I like to warm up a plate of the full turkey dinner and eat it as-is.

But after that, I’m ready to repurpose the leftovers into something else, and a big pot of chili usually works out really well, since the weekend after Thanksgiving is also known for lots of football games.

I’ve been making this recipe for turkey chili for many years now. Even with a relatively short list of ingredients, it has big, satisfying flavors.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe for Turkey Chili

  • This chili freezes well, so it’s a great way to preserve your leftover turkey for future meals.
  • It’s high in protein and fiber, making it a wholesome meal option after a holiday known for indulgence (not that there’s anything wrong with that)!
  • Can be made start to finish in just about 30 minutes.
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Ground Turkey Egg Roll Bowl https://foxeslovelemons.com/turkey-egg-roll-salad/ https://foxeslovelemons.com/turkey-egg-roll-salad/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://foxeslovelemons.com/?p=22683 This is the best Egg Roll Bowl Recipe thanks to its innovative use of the best grocery store shortcut – broccoli slaw. This easy dinner is bursting with flavor, and fiber! “Made one batch with lean ground meat and one with only vegetables (for the vegetarian in the family). It was a flavorful hit!” This […]

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This is the best Egg Roll Bowl Recipe thanks to its innovative use of the best grocery store shortcut – broccoli slaw. This easy dinner is bursting with flavor, and fiber!

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“Made one batch with lean ground meat and one with only vegetables (for the vegetarian in the family). It was a flavorful hit!”

—Karin

This Egg Roll in a Bowl Recipe is bursting with flavor

One of the most versatile ingredients at your grocery store is a bag of broccoli slaw. Don’t sleep on it or think of it only for cold salads.

This is a weekly grocery staple for my family. I will often simply saute it in a bit of oil and then finish it with soy sauce, for the easiest, fastest side dish to any protein I’m serving.

If you’re new to broccoli slaw, let’s start your relationship off with a big party with this Egg Roll Bowl! It uses both traditional coleslaw mix and broccoli slaw, but you can use all one or the other if you prefer.

Why you will love this Recipe for Egg Roll in a Bowl

  • With simple ingredients and straightforward instructions, this comes together easily on a busy weeknight.
  • The familiar flavors and customizable ingredients are sure to be a hit with the whole family.
  • It’s a bit lower in fat and calories than a pile of deep fried egg rolls!
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Homemade Turkey Soup https://foxeslovelemons.com/turkey-soup/ https://foxeslovelemons.com/turkey-soup/#respond Mon, 20 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://foxeslovelemons.com/?p=44380 Make the most of leftover turkey with this Turkey Noodle Soup recipe made with simple ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions. Try this Homemade Turkey Soup to warm you up this season If you’re staring down a big Ziploc bag full of leftover turkey and you’ve already had a few sandwiches, it’s time to make Turkey Noodle […]

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Make the most of leftover turkey with this Turkey Noodle Soup recipe made with simple ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions.

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Try this Homemade Turkey Soup to warm you up this season

If you’re staring down a big Ziploc bag full of leftover turkey and you’ve already had a few sandwiches, it’s time to make Turkey Noodle Soup.

Even if you don’t feel like eating it right now, you can make it and freeze it for a meal next month or something (Future You will thank you)!

This soup works well with leftover turkey meat (either dark or white meat), and leftover chicken, too!

Why you will love this recipe for Turkey Soup

  • Crafted by a culinary school graduate – I had MONTHS of training in culinary school on how to make the very best soups (including what order to add each ingredient), and I’ve put it to work for you in this recipe.
  • Keeps in the fridge for up to 3 days or freezes up to 3 months.
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Simple Recipe for Turkey Tenderloin (Citrus & Herb) https://foxeslovelemons.com/citrus-herb-turkey-tenderloin/ https://foxeslovelemons.com/citrus-herb-turkey-tenderloin/#comments Tue, 07 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://foxeslovelemons.com/2013/10/04/citrus-herb-turkey-tenderloin-weekdaysupper/ This Citrus & Herb Turkey Tenderloin recipe is bursting with bright flavors, making it a perfect option for people looking for a smaller, hassle-free alternative to roasting a whole turkey. “Delicious! Will definitely make again.” Citrus & Herb Turkey Breast Tenderloin Recipe As somebody who has been in the “food world” for 15 years, I’ve […]

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This Citrus & Herb Turkey Tenderloin recipe is bursting with bright flavors, making it a perfect option for people looking for a smaller, hassle-free alternative to roasting a whole turkey.

A turkey tenderloin recipe, sliced, on a plate with green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy, a roll and cranberry sauce.

“Delicious! Will definitely make again.”

—Diane

Citrus & Herb Turkey Breast Tenderloin Recipe

As somebody who has been in the “food world” for 15 years, I’ve heard the debate time and time again: is turkey really the worst part of a holiday dinner? I don’t think so – and I’m here to show you how turkey can truly shine, whether it’s for a holiday or even just a weeknight (really)!

The key to a turkey you’ll crave is all in the preparation. Overcooked, bland turkey? Nobody’s excited about that. But a perfectly cooked, flavor-packed turkey tenderloin? Game changer.

Whether you’re looking to avoid a week of leftovers or just want a smaller, stress-free option, this Citrus & Herb Turkey Tenderloin recipe that I learned how to make in culinary school is the solution.

What Is A Turkey Tenderloin?

A turkey tenderloin is a boneless, skinless cut from the turkey breast. It’s the most lean and tender portion of the breast.

It has a mild flavor and juicy texture when cooked properly. It cooks much faster than a whole turkey or even a full turkey breast, so it’s a great quick option, even for a weeknight.

Why You Will Love This Recipe For Turkey Tenderloin

  • Cooks much faster than a whole roasted turkey. This recipe should take you no more than 45 minutes or so, start to finish.
  • Lots of ways to customize to make this recipe your own, suited to your preferences.
  • Follow the directions below, and absolutely nobody will deem this turkey dry or lacking flavor.
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Grandma’s Old Fashioned Bread Stuffing https://foxeslovelemons.com/grandmas-stuffing/ https://foxeslovelemons.com/grandmas-stuffing/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://foxeslovelemons.com/?p=7277 This is the best stuffing recipe, very likely the same one your grandma used to make. Made with milk, turkey stock, onions, celery and herbs, this family recipe is the quintessential side dish for Thanksgiving. “I have been searching for a recipe like this for years. Family members loved this! Thanks for your version which helped […]

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This is the best stuffing recipe, very likely the same one your grandma used to make. Made with milk, turkey stock, onions, celery and herbs, this family recipe is the quintessential side dish for Thanksgiving.

Overhead Thanksgiving tablescape with stuffing, turkey, cranberry sauce, green beans and gravy.

“I have been searching for a recipe like this for years. Family members loved this! Thanks for your version which helped me figure out my grandmother’s.”

—Pat

“I ran across your Grandma Mary Ellen’s stuffing recipe last year and what a hit it was!! Thank you!! I too have been searching for a recipe similar to my Grandmother’s and your recipe is spot on!”

—Mary

This is the BEST Stuffing Recipe

You know how you hear about people taking recipes to their grave? My husband’s grandma seriously did that with her Thanksgiving bread stuffing. The only detail she ever gave us was “well, I just soak the bread in milk, really.”

It was the best turkey stuffing in the whole wide world, and I consider myself a stuffing aficionado. It had a simple, comforting flavor and was just perfect in every way.

So, ever since Mary Ellen passed, it’s been my mission to try to recreate this recipe. Using flavor memories and reader comment and e-mails since I first published this recipe in 2014, I’ve been able to get it super close to the original.

The recipe card below reflects ten years of work, and dozens of tests. The recipe in the card below will yield you a delicious old fashioned bread stuffing to serve alongside your Thanksgiving turkey, I guarantee it.

Why You Will Love Grandma’s Old Fashioned Dressing

  • This is a treasured family recipe that is very similar to what many people in the Midwest grew up eating at their own grandma’s table.
  • There’s an option to use those giblets that come with your turkey, for extra flavor – or not.
  • Make this a day or two before the holiday and bake it before dinner. I do this every year!
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Turkey Burgers Recipe https://foxeslovelemons.com/turkey-burger-recipe/ https://foxeslovelemons.com/turkey-burger-recipe/#respond Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://foxeslovelemons.com/?p=40510 Indulge in the ultimate Turkey Burger experience by seasoning your ground turkey with four simple ingredients. These juicy burgers will satisfy your cravings! This is the Best Turkey Burger Recipe! A great turkey burger has been one of my most requested recipes, and after experimenting and perfecting this recipe for YEARS, I’m finally ready to […]

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Indulge in the ultimate Turkey Burger experience by seasoning your ground turkey with four simple ingredients. These juicy burgers will satisfy your cravings!

Whole and halved turkey burgers arranged on their sides in a red and white baking pan on top of thick cut fries.

This is the Best Turkey Burger Recipe!

A great turkey burger has been one of my most requested recipes, and after experimenting and perfecting this recipe for YEARS, I’m finally ready to publish it. It’s perfect!

Ground turkey can often be seen as a bland, boring, sometimes dry alternative to ground beef, that only super healthy eaters love.

Yes and no. If you simply make patties out of plain ground turkey and don’t season it, your burgers WILL be bland and dry.

But we’re not gonna do that. We’re going to add four simple ingredients that make these turkey burgers juicy and flavorful.

Why you will love this Turkey Burger

  • Can be customized with a variety of toppings, or even made into a salad or bowl.
  • From fridge to plate, these burgers can be ready in about 20 minutes.
  • An alternative to beef that doesn’t skimp on flavor.
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Ham and Turkey Sliders https://foxeslovelemons.com/ham-turkey-sliders/ https://foxeslovelemons.com/ham-turkey-sliders/#respond Tue, 31 Jan 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://foxeslovelemons.com/?p=37433 These Ham and Turkey Sliders turn deli lunchmeat into something special with the addition of caramelized onions and arugula. Watch them disappear on game day! I think it’s funny how sliders have become one of the most popular tailgating and game day foods. Nothing like watching huge men tackle each other while eating tiny little […]

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These Ham and Turkey Sliders turn deli lunchmeat into something special with the addition of caramelized onions and arugula. Watch them disappear on game day!

Pretzel bun sliders made with turkey, ham, arugula, mustard and caramelized onions on a slate platter.

I think it’s funny how sliders have become one of the most popular tailgating and game day foods. Nothing like watching huge men tackle each other while eating tiny little sandwiches, right?

I guess it makes sense, though, because you can be eating a slider in one hand while you have a foam finger on the other hand?

But I think the best thing about sliders is that you can enjoy a few bites of a delicious sandwich, but it doesn’t have to be your entire meal. You won’t be so full that you can’t also enjoy some of the football charcuterie board and healthy buffalo chicken dip.

These Ham and Turkey Sliders with honey caramelized onions are perfect for game day or when you have leftover glazed turkey or pineapple ham that you want to use up! I also love them served alongside soup, like my potato cabbage soup.

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Cajun Turkey Rub Recipe https://foxeslovelemons.com/cajun-turkey-orange-oregano-gravy/ https://foxeslovelemons.com/cajun-turkey-orange-oregano-gravy/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0000 https://foxeslovelemons.com/?p=10871 Cajun Turkey has just the right amount of heat without being overwhelmingly hot. It also has a FAST cooking method, taking just 2 hours or so! Cajun Turkey Recipe If you’ve ever had a Thanksgiving turkey that was dry and flavorless, it’s only natural that turkey might now be your least favorite thing on your […]

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Cajun Turkey has just the right amount of heat without being overwhelmingly hot. It also has a FAST cooking method, taking just 2 hours or so!

A large dark oval platter with a Cajun turkey that has been roasted and cut up arranged on it, garnished with fresh orange slices, cranberries and herb sprigs.

Cajun Turkey Recipe

If you’ve ever had a Thanksgiving turkey that was dry and flavorless, it’s only natural that turkey might now be your least favorite thing on your plate for this holiday.

But it doesn’t have to be this way, and this Cajun Turkey Recipe is here to save the day.

Using an easy homemade Cajun turkey rub, we’ll be seasoning the bird to perfection, cooking it FAST in a hot oven so it stays super juicy, and making the most flavorful gravy from the drippings.

Why you’ll love this Cajun Turkey Seasoning

  • This rub has a customizable spice level. If your crowd prefers a more mild turkey, simple scale back or omit the cayenne pepper.
  • Make a double batch, because the rub is versatile enough to elevate any poultry dish, any time of the year. Add a kick to chicken breasts!
  • The cooking method is FAST. No need to dedicate 4 hours to roasting your turkey – it’ll be done in 2 hours or so.
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Roasted Turkey with Maple Bourbon Glaze https://foxeslovelemons.com/maple-bourbon-glazed-turkey/ https://foxeslovelemons.com/maple-bourbon-glazed-turkey/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2021 15:03:33 +0000 https://foxeslovelemons.com/?p=22705 This Roasted Turkey with Maple Bourbon Glaze is so simple yet so beautiful! It’s perfect for all home chefs, from Thanksgiving novices to seasoned pros. A Perfect Roasted Turkey Recipe The turkey is somehow both the headliner of Thanksgiving, and the easiest thing to kind of overlook. While at its most basic, a turkey requires […]

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This Roasted Turkey with Maple Bourbon Glaze is so simple yet so beautiful! It’s perfect for all home chefs, from Thanksgiving novices to seasoned pros.

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A Perfect Roasted Turkey Recipe

The turkey is somehow both the headliner of Thanksgiving, and the easiest thing to kind of overlook.

While at its most basic, a turkey requires little more than just putting it in the oven and cooking it until it’s done, to make a GREAT turkey, you need to do just a little bit more. Nothing crazy or complicated. But a little bit more.

Today, I’m sharing the method I recommend for the best roasted turkey of your life, including the maple bourbon glaze I brush it with for extra flavor, and tips to make the most visually stunning turkey platter.

I’ve been doing it this way for over a decade, and my turkey is ALWAYS the true star of the dinner table.

Why you’ll love This Roasted Turkey Recipe

  • The Alton Brown-inspired method of starting the bird at a very high oven tempreature and then reducing the heat gives you both the crispiest golden brown skin and the tenderest meat.
  • The combination of bourbon and maple syrup makes a rich glaze that adds a touch of sweetness and depth of flavor to your roasted turkey.
  • The glaze can hide a multitude of sins when roasting a turkey. Leave the bird in the oven a bit too long? The glaze will cover it up. Nobody will know.
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Leftover Cornbread Breakfast Casserole https://foxeslovelemons.com/southwestern-sausage-cornbread-breakfast-casserole/ https://foxeslovelemons.com/southwestern-sausage-cornbread-breakfast-casserole/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://foxeslovelemons.com/?p=8303 Not sure what to do with leftover cornbread? This Cornbread Breakfast Casserole recipe is a hearty egg bake with sausage, cornbread and black beans. It’s easy to make ahead for a brunch gathering. As a family of three, we almost always have leftovers. Leftover dinner, leftover baked goods, leftover ingredients. Since almost all recipes everywhere […]

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Not sure what to do with leftover cornbread? This Cornbread Breakfast Casserole recipe is a hearty egg bake with sausage, cornbread and black beans. It’s easy to make ahead for a brunch gathering.

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As a family of three, we almost always have leftovers.

Leftover dinner, leftover baked goods, leftover ingredients. Since almost all recipes everywhere (including a lot of recipes on this blog, even) are written for four to eight servings, we always have an extra helping for that fourth person that isn’t at our table.

And honestly, we love it. We love being a family of three, happily eating our leftovers. It makes lunch the next day (at least for one of us) an autopilot meal, like microwaving the last slice of vegetarian quiche. Sometimes it means we can have mashed potato cakes with our weekend brunch.

With some meals, like a breakfast charcuterie board or savory cottage cheese, it’s super easy to just adapt the quantities to what we need.

But with things like baked goods, it gets a little trickier. A batch of cornbread meant for two people won’t quite be enough for the three of us, but with a bigger recipe, we’re left with extra. Or sometimes we have extra after making chorizo stuffing.

Leftover cornbread, just on it’s own, is not my favorite. So today, I’m sharing the leftover cornbread breakfast casserole I’ve created to repurpose it into something new and delicious.

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