Alea's Curried Turkey Salad

Submitted by ElizabethKnicely

"Alea says, "Our Thanksgiving dinner, like most Americans, consists of a buffet that includes too many heavy dishes. And on Thanksgiving Day, I allow myself to indulge... However, I try to make up for that indulgence by using the leftovers to create healthier and lower calorie meals. I will make quite a bit of turkey soup and freeze it to use later on hectic evenings. I also use the leftovers in salad on the weekend following Thanksgiving. This salad uses many traditional Thanksgiving foods, but the curry dressing gives it an exotic twist. This dressing is made using yogurt, which is much lower in fat than mayonnaise based dressings. This mollifies my guilt when I decided to enjoy some leftover pumpkin pie!" Found on www.5dollardinners.com."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 cups leftover turkey, cubed
• 1 large sweet potatoes or 1 large yam, cubed
• 2 cups cooked rice (I usually use leftover rice)
• 1 apple, cut into bite size pieces
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped
• 3 green onions, thinly sliced
• 3⁄4 cup plain yogurt (or 6 ounce container)
• 1 tablespoon honey (or sugar)
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons curry powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger

directions

1. Place cubed sweet potatoes or yams in a double boiler and steam for 8 minutes or until just fork tender. Be careful not to over cook.
2. In a large bowl, combine turkey, rice, yams, apple, celery, onions, cranberries, and pecans.
3. In a small bowl, mix together yogurt, honey, curry and ginger.
4. Pour dressing over the salad and stir until thoroughly combined. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
5. Serve on a bed of greens. Makes 6 servings.