Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey Salad

A Family article with View Comments posted 30 November 2009.
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Jennifer wasn’t looking forward to another bout of turkey sandwiches, and we had just run out of bagles recently. Frankly, the humble bagel is the One True Bread for eating leftover turkey sandwiches. Anyway, with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches looming on our lunchtime horizons, I stepped in to contrive an easy and delicious Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey Salad.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups cooked turkey, cubed (1/2″ or so)
  • 1 cup seedless grapes, quartered
  • 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted
  • 1/2 cup white cheese (I used Italian)
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp ginger powder
  • 1/2 tsp onion powder
  • 1/4 cup dried sweetened cranberries

Preparation:

  1. In a medium bowl, combine the turkey, grapes, almonds, and cheese.
  2. In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, salt, ginger, and onion, and mix well.
  3. Add the mayonnaise mixture into the turkey mixture, stirring well to distribute the mayonnaise thoroughly.
  4. Serve sprinkled with dried cranberries.

This recipe serves 2 as main portions or 4 as a side item. Enjoy!

Trust and Priorities

A Church article with View Comments posted 25 November 2009.
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Occasion: Thanksgiving Eve, Year B
Text: Matthew 6:25-33

This sermon was prepared for the joint Thanksgiving Eve service between St. John’s and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Sterling, IL, and Immanuel Lutheran Church, Rock Falls, IL.

This evening, as we consider Jesus’ words in the Gospel, I think we’ve got a long way to go. “Do not worry about your life?” Maybe he didn’t get the memo. We’re in the biggest economic disaster since the Great Depression. If ever there was a time to worry about our lives, this would be one. Let’s see here: the economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation, Iran, domestic terrorism, Islamic terrorism, the health care debate, unemployment over 10% nationwide but closer to 16% in parts of this area… and that’s just the short list. We haven’t even started talking about how stressful Thanksgiving can be! Got to get the bird cooked, the table set, and make sure that everyone gets along. Lord Jesus preserve us from talking about politics or religion at the dinner table, right? It’s easy to believe that Jesus had no idea what we’re facing. Jesus, how can you tell us not to worry? You must not have seen this coming.
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Thanksgiving Din-ner

A Family article with View Comments posted 26 November 2008.
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I have no idea why First Things would be offering up a list of stuff to argue about over dinner! I mean, my family never argues about politics and religion at the dinner table… (wink)