Did you eat too much stuffing and pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving? Here’s a wonderful Fall cobb salad to use up any of that leftover turkey if you’re looking for a meal that will be filling yet light.
Leftover Turkey Harvest Cobb Salad
This turkey cobb salad is a great quick lunch to make in the Fall. You can even prep it before hand to take to work. A few more leftover turkey recipes I love to make after Thanksgiving are Leftover Turkey Pot Pie Empanadas, Turkey Santa Fe Lettuce Wraps and Leftover Turkey Pot Pie Soup to name a few!
The dressing is a simple Maple Dijon Vinaigrette which is wonderful with all the Fall flavors in this salad. The portions are very generous, this is a full meal for two, but this can easily be shared between three people.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We always have tons of leftovers which we love because they taste even better and the day is much more laid back, so you really get to enjoy them more.
How many days can you eat cooked turkey leftovers?
If stored in the fridge, make sure to eat turkey within three to four days from the day it was cooked. Once cooked, you will want to wrap up the leftovers within two hours of serving and refrigerate.
Try These Leftover Turkey Recipes:
- Leftover Turkey and Sweet Potato Frittata
- Leftover Turkey Tacos with Brussels Sprout Slaw
- Turkey Croquettes
- Leftover Turkey Noodle Soup
- Leftover Turkey Cuban Sandwiches
Leftover Turkey Harvest Cobb Salad
Ingredients
- 3 slices center cut bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 6 oz cooked turkey breast
- 2 cups cubes butternut squash, 3/4 inch dice
- olive oil spray
- 1/8 tsp kosher salt
- black pepper, to taste
- 3 cups spring mix lettuce
- 3/4 oz crumbled feta
- 1/4 cup pecan halves
- 2 tbsp craisins
For the vinaigrette:
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 4 tsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp plus 1 tsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons chopped red onion
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425F. Place the butternut on a large nonstick baking sheet, spray with oil, season with salt and pepper and bake 15 minutes, turn then cook an additional 10 minutes, or until tender. Let cool a few minutes.
- Meanwhile combine the dressing ingredients in a small bowl and whisk.
- Divide the lettuce between two plates, top each with half of the remaining ingredients and dressing.
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Made this tonight for our 3 person family and everyone LOVED it!!!! Only “changes” which are not really changes, I made were – used rotisserie chicken and during the last 10 minutes of cooking the butternut squash I added the pecans and cranberries to the pan. The dressing was perfect for 3 adults…would double for 4 or more. Again, Fantastic 5 star meal!!!
Thanks Jacquelyn!
This salad was easy and delicious. The amount of dressing was just right for 2 salads. It lends itself easily to swapping out ingredients for what’s in your fridge—walnuts for pecans, chicken for turkey, any type of lettuce for spring mix. I’ll be mak8ng it again!
Thanks! To let you know I’ve followed your weekly menus fairly closely for several year( loss 35 lb.) Just wanted to say these turkey ideas are great… each day did something in the menu to prepare something for T Day. Usually we have salad for Bfast. Today have prepped for the cob to serve on super greens. Turkey Loins on mushroom & onions in crock. Quinoa & lentils in small crock presoak in home made bone broth( homemade;) veg diced to add for GF stuffing. Mond diced butternut – partial roasted for cob, made GF gingersnaps for Tue made ahead your no bake pumpkin pie, then maple pecan cheesecake shooters…these placed in small jelly jars. All I have to do tomorrow is put the crocks to cook, finish roasting Bnut, cook sweet potato, Russet potato, garlic for mash… dinner at 2:00 with minimal fuss. As you can see your meal plans work well into my lifestyle & planning holidays.
Thank you Again
This was great. I followed the recipe exactly except for subbing beets for the squash since I’m not a fan of squash, and chicken for turkey since I didn’t have leftover turkey. Very flavorful and healthy!
This is just a masterpiece of a salad! I find myself making a turkey breast in the slow cooker just so that I have leftover Turkey for these salads!
What a great idea!
We had this last night (2 days post Thanksgiving), although I had sweet potato cubes instead of butternut squash, and we used turkey bacon and goat cheese. It was delicious and very filling. Added bonus – no freeze yet in TX, so I used fresh lettuce from my garden.
This is amazing! Only change we made was leaving off the pecans. The dressing was super tasty too.
This is delicious. One of our favorite salad.
My turkey was gone, so I cooked up some chicken breast. This is excellent and very filling! It makes me wonder why I don’t eat more salads. It’s a wonderful way to clean out my crisper!
Making tonight, can’t wait!
This looks AMAZING, I’m in Canada too so I think I’m going to put some turkey thighs in the slow cooker just to make this salad! Thanks.
Great!
Great idea for Gobble leftovers! Thanks
Gina,
I am trying to cook with less salt because of my husband’s health
Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you
I made the recipe without any of the added salt. I also omitted the pecans. Thought it was still tasty a
The number of servings and serving size didn’t make it on the web either!
Fixed now, thanks for noticing!
Best Holiday Breakfast Ever!
This looks so fabulous! I’m Canadian so we’re not in Thanksgiving mode, but I may need to make a turkey just so we can have the leftovers for this salad! Thanks Gina 🙂
I know right!
The Nutritional information didn’t make it on the web!
Thanks I will add!