Thanksgiving Leftover Statement Salad
Serves 6
“Rach has been making ‘statement salads’ the past few weeks, and they’re as beautiful as they are delicious! Basically it’s a large salad served on a big cutting board, with the ingredients arranged really pretty on top. What do you need the most the day after thanksgiving?! A giant salad! So here is my go at a Thanksgiving Statement Salad.”
Ingredients
- 2 cups stuffing
- 1/2 cup cranberry sauce
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 6 cups salad greens (whatever you’ve got on hand if this is a leftover scenario, I enjoy
- pring mix or baby kale)
- 2 cups leftover turkey or 1 rotisserie chicken, skin removed and shredded
- 1 1/2 cups gravy
- 1 to 1 1/2 cups roasted butternut squash
- 1 avocado, diced
- 1 to 1 1/2 cups baby carrots, chopped
- 1 cup blue cheese or goat cheese (or whatever else will crumble from your leftover cheese plate!)
- 1 to 1 1/2 cups roasted Brussels sprouts
- 1 cup pecans, roasted and chopped
Directions
- 1Preheat oven to 350°F.
- 2Place stuffing on a sheet tray and break it up to make large crumbles of stuffing (think: croutons!). Bake for 8-10 minutes or until crispy.
- 3In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the cranberry sauce, Dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, honey, salt and pepper. Continue whisking and stream in the olive oil.
- 4Add turkey and gravy to a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook until it is heated through.
- 5Toss salad greens in the dressing. On a large cutting board or flat platter, arrange dressed salad greens to make a base. Arrange in rows across the greens – crispy stuffing croutons, turkey in gravy, butternut squash, avocado, carrots, cheese, Brussels sprouts and pecans.
First published on jeanettedonnarumma.com.
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