Recipe: Turkey Tetrazzini

A week from today is Thanksgiving, and afterwards, if your family is like ours, you'll have leftover turkey.  Here's a tasty recipe that uses those leftovers:

8 ounces of cooked spaghetti
2 tablespoons of minced onion
3 tablespoons of butter
1 tablespoon of flour
1 cup of turkey (or chicken) broth
1 cup of milk
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 can shredded cheddar cheese
3 cups of chopped, cooked turkey
¼ cup of dry white wine
8 ounces of sauteed mushrooms
2 tablespoons of dried or fresh parsley
½ cup of slivered almonds





Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the flour. Add broth, and stir until the mixture thickens. Add broth, salt, milk, cream of mushroom soup, and cheese. Cook until the cheese melts, continuing to stir frequently.

Stir in the turkey, mushrooms, wine, parsley, and almonds. Place spaghetti into a 10 X 13 baking dish. Pour the sauce over the spaghetti and mix until noodles are coated and turkey is distributed fairly evenly throughout the dish. Bake for 45 minutes.

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Recipe: Waikiki Meatballs

From Carol M. in Framingham, MA, a family favorite:

1 -1/2 lbs ground beef
2/3 cup cracker crumbs
1/3 cup finely chopped onion
1 egg
1-1/2 tsp salt
¼ tsp ground ginger
¼ cup milk
2 tbsp oil
2 tbsp corn starch
½ cup brown sugar
13-1/4 oz can of pineapple chunks in syrup
1/3 cup vinegar
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/3 cup chopped green pepper

Mix beef, cracker crumbs, onion, beaten egg, salt, ginger and milk. Shape mixture into 1-1/2” balls. Add oil to large skillet and cook meatballs over medium heat, turning until done.

Remove meatballs from skillet and keep them warm. Drain skillet. Mix corn starch and sugar in skillet, and blend in syrup from the pineapple, vinegar and soy sauce until smooth.

Return skillet to medium heat and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Boil and stir one more minute. Add meatballs, pineapple and green pepper, and heat to desired temperature.

With rice, it serves six.

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