Tropical Storm Barry's Mmmm Smoked Turkey Salad
"Realized I had to post this for safekeeping after recipe was requested in detail by DF who shared this meal with us the night Tropical Storm Barry rolled through. LOL - I didn't even think about dinner as I was wrapped up smoking a pork shoulder for birthday BBQ the next day. DF looked wet, wind whipped & kind of put out when she made her way out to where I was working the smoker in the 40 mph wind & rain & asked, "so if this shoulder's gonna take 4 more hours, what are we having for dinner?"
She looked HUNGRY and wet...sooo....
I came back in & surveyed to fridge (poor planning on my part making family & friends have to request nourishment - cringe) & spotted the turkey breast I had smoked a few days earlier & slammed together this salad.
If purchasing smoked turkey, get at least a 1 inch thick slice so you can chunk it up. I had deli sliced provolone which I then sliced into strips. This SHOULD serve 4-5 but the 3 of us made short work of it. Used (Recipe #133158) as the dressing - yum, fast refreshing & satisfying!"
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
3-4
ingredients
- 1⁄2 head romaine lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces, washed & spun dry
- 1 onion, sliced thin (Vidalia if available)
- 7 ounces red peppers, fireroasted (I used jarred but fresh off the grill would be nice too)
- 6 ounces provolone cheese, thinly sliced
- 1 lb smoked turkey, chopped into 1/2 inch chunks
- 1 avocado, 1/2 inch chunks
- 6 ounces black olives, sliced in two (keeps them from rolling away)
directions
- Arrange bed of lettuce on platter.
- Layer onions, cheese, pepper strips on lettuce.
- Mound turkey in the center.
- Scatter avocado & black olives around turkey.
- Serve with balsamic vinagrette on the side.
- Step back for the pack to attack.
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Yes, I was wet and wind swept, but never go hungry at the chef's house. This salad was wonderful and full of flavor. I also made it after coming home. Forgot the peppers but still tasted almost as good.
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Pleasure Island, 73
<p>First about Buster: Buster moved onto whatever comes next on February 26, 2008. He was just shy of five years old. I miss him terribly. <br />He came into our lives when he ran out in front of my car late one night as I was driving home. A just under 4 pound ball of kitten fluff, complete with an ostrich boa tail that stayed straight up as he assessed his new domain. He became a 19 pound longhaired beast who guarded our house (he followed any new guests or servicepeople the entire time they are on the property) & even killed copperheads (among other things with his hunting buddy, Fergus the short-tailed)! Friends never saw his formidible side as he smiled at them & uttered the most incongruent kitten-like mews as he threaded legs! He liked to ride in the car & came to the beach. <br />There are Buster-approved recipes in my offerings - however, HE decided which he wanted to consider - Buster demonstrated he liked pumpkin anything - ALOT -LOL!!! <br /> <br />Copperhead count 2006 - Buster 2 <br /> (10 inchers w/yellow tails) <br /> 2007 - Buster & Roxie 1 <br /> (a 24 incher!) <br />Buster woken from beauty sleep - <br />http://www.recipezaar.com/members/home/62264/DSCN0335.JPG <br />Big whiskers - <br />http://www.recipezaar.com/members/home/62264/DSCN0333.JPG <br /> <br />For those of you who gave kind condolences - thank you so very much. <br />http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=250301 <br /> <br /> <br />I love to cook & incorporate techniques from Southern/Mid Atlantic roots (grits, eastern NC BBQ shoulders, Brunswick stew, steamed crabs & shrimp & shellfish, hushpuppies, cornbread, greens, shad roe, scrapple) with Pacific Rim foods & techniques aquired while living in Pacific Northwest, fish & game recipes learned while living in Rocky Mountain region & foods/techniques learned travelling to the Big Island & up into BC & Alberta & into the Caribbean. The Middle Eastern/African likes I have are remnants of my parents who lived for many years in North Africa & Mediterranean before I was thought of. Makes for wide open cooking! <br /> <br />Since moving back east we try to go annually in the deep winter to Montreal (Old Montreal auberges & La Reine) & Quebec City (Winter Carnival & Chateau Frontenac)- for unctuous foie gras & real cheeses, French & Canadian meals prepared & served exquisitely, fantastic music & wonderful people - with the cold helping burn off some of the calories! <br /> <br />I love putting in our aluminum jonboat & heading across the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) to the barrier islands for foraging & exploring! Bodysurfing is a lifelong sport for me - one that a person's body never seems to forget how to do, once the knack is learned (thank goodness!) <br /> <br />I especially miss cool summers & foggy/drizzly days & fall mushroom foraging/anytime of year hot springing in WA, OR, MT, ID, BC & Alberta.</p>
