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Turkey Salad Sandwiches with Apple and Cranberries

October 15, 2018 by Alea Milham 5 Comments

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This quick and easy recipe for turkey salad sandwiches uses leftover turkey from Thanksgiving and is a great way to feed guests over the Thanksgiving weekend!

Turkey Salad Sandwiches with Apples and Cranberries served on King's Hawaiian Dinner Rolls

There are tons of Thanksgiving recipes out there. Everyone wants to help you create your Thanksgiving day feast, but for many of us, Thanksgiving dinner is just the first meal of a long weekend spent feeding relatives visiting from out of town. I can’t just plan a menu for one fancy dinner, I have to create a meal plan that covers all four days of the holiday weekend.

As much as possible, I try to create recipes from the Thanksgiving leftovers. In theory, sandwiches are easy, but in practice making individual sandwiches for each person is quite time consuming and having everyone in the kitchen making their own requires me to act like a taxi director to keep everyone flowing smoothly. To minimize lunchtime stress, I like to make Turkey Salad Sandwiches with Apple and Cranberries. They are easy to create and a hit with everyone young and old.

While I make many things from scratch, I buy King’s Hawaiian Dinner Rolls for our Thanksgiving dinner. It is a holiday tradition passed down from my husband’s family and I am happy to carry it on. When I am shopping for Thanksgiving, I pick up extra King’s Hawaiian® Dinner Rolls so I can use them to make mini-sandwiches with my Turkey Salad.

Turkey Salad Mini-Sandwiches served on King's Hawaiian Dinner Rolls

If you don’t have family staying with you over the Thanksgiving weekend, you can freeze your leftover turkey and then use it to make these sandwiches for one of your holiday parties in December.

Turkey Salad Sandwiches Recipe

Serves: 12 (makes 24 mini-sandwiches)

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 0 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 2 packages King’s Hawaiian Dinner Rolls
  • 4 cups cooked turkey, diced
  • 1 cup apple, diced
  • 3/4 cup cranberries
  • 1 green onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/3 cup plain yogurt
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon dried mustard
  • 1 teaspoon crushed rosemary
  • cranberry sauce (optional)

Directions:

  1. In a large bowl, diced turkey, diced apple. cranberries, sliced green onions, chopped celery, and chopped nuts.
  2. In a small bowl create a dressing by combining mayonnaise, yogurt, dry mustard, and crushed rosemary.
  3. Pour the dressing over the turkey salad and stir to completely coat the salad with dressing.
  4. Use a bread knife to cut the King’s Hawaiian® Dinner Rolls in half.
  5. If you wish, you can spread some leftover cranberry sauce on the cut side of each roll.
  6. Spoon the Turkey Salad onto one half of the roll. Top with the other half of the roll.
  7. You can make all of the sandwiches at once and put out a platter of them or you can store the turkey salad in the refrigerator and make them one at a time as needed.

Printable Recipe for Turkey Salad Sandwiches with Apple and Cranberries

Turkey Salad Sandwiches Recipe with Apple and Cranberries
 
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An easy turkey salad sandwich recipe using leftover turkey, apples, and cranberries.
Author: Alea
Recipe type: Main
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 2 packages King's Hawaiian® Dinner Rolls
  • 4 cups cooked turkey, diced
  • 1 cup apple, diced
  • ¾ cup cranberries
  • 1 green onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
  • ½ cup walnuts or pecans, chopped
  • ⅓ cup mayonnaise
  • ⅓ cup plain yogurt
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1½ teaspoon dried mustard
  • 1 teaspoon crushed rosemary
  • cranberry sauce (optional)
Directions
  1. In a large bowl, diced turkey, diced apple. cranberries, sliced green onions, chopped celery, and chopped nuts.
  2. In a small bowl create a dressing by combining mayonnaise, yogurt, dry mustard, and crushed rosemary.
  3. Pour the dressing over the turkey salad and stir to completely coat the salad with dressing.
  4. Use a bread knife to cut the King's Hawaiian® Dinner Rolls in half.
  5. If you wish, you can spread some leftover cranberry sauce on the cut side of each roll.
  6. Spoon the Turkey Salad onto one half of the roll. Top with the other half of the roll.
  7. You can make all of the sandwiches at once and put out a platter of them or you can store the turkey salad in the refrigerator and make them one at a time as needed.
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Turkey Salad Sandwiches with Apple and Cranberries Recipe with apples and cranberries - A Delicious way to use up leftover turkey from ThanksgivingThis was originally a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of King’s Hawaiian® on October 28, 2013. The opinions, recipe, and text are all mine. I updated the post on October 15, 2018.

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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

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  1. The Pinterested Parent says

    December 27, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    I love this. I love fruit in my chicken salad & I am especially fond of cranberry. This looks so good.

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  2. Nancy Bobbert says

    December 27, 2013 at 8:15 am

    This looks like a great idea for those turkey leftovers. I usually just throw the leftover turkey in a pot and cook it as a soup the following day. So unimaginative, I know. Maybe I’ll try this next time. Thanks for the idea!

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  3. Ashley M says

    December 26, 2013 at 9:22 pm

    WOW! These look so good. We actually have these ingredients laying around the house from Christmas dinner so I think I’ll whip them up!

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  4. Nancy W says

    October 28, 2013 at 4:58 pm

    These look like a perfect turkey sandwich!

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    • Alea Milham says

      October 28, 2013 at 5:07 pm

      Thanks Nancy!

      Reply

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On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

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