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Turkey Potato Casserole

“This was made from Thanksgiving leftovers, and ingredients in my pantry. It's a family favorite and a hit at Pot lucks. With leftovers, it's a breeze, made from scratch ... it's work. Either way it's a hit and well worth the time. After a holiday meal half the work is done because you usually have the mashed potatoes, and turkey. When I make it from scratch, I usually use chicken rather than turkey. Prep times are from leftovers.”

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Reviewed: Dec. 3, 2008

I'm giving this 4 stars because it was a good way to use Thanksgiving leftovers but the flavor was just okay. The mushroom soup just didn't go with the rest of the flavors. Maybe it would have been better with cream of chicken. My favorite part was the cheesy mashed potatoes. YUM! YUM!

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Lesa Lee

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Home Town: Moore, Oklahoma, USA

Living In: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 2, 2008

I was looking for a recipe to use up all of my Thanksgiving leftovers. I had a couple of cups of homemade mashed potatoes, 2 turkey drumsticks, 2 turkey wings, and about 1 & 1/2 cups of carrots and turnips, mashed together. I saw that other reviewers had added their own veggies to their casseroles, with good results, so I made mine with the ingredients above. Also, like a previous reviewer suggested, I lightly sauteed the onion before adding it to the baking dish. The only other alteration that I did was that I needed to use 2 cans of the cream of mushroom soup. It came out really well! I never make casseroles, because I don't generally like them, but this was a hit for both me and the rest of the family. I will definately make this again next T-Day!

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Reviewed: Dec. 2, 2008

This was a great recipe for our Thanksgiving leftovers. I left out the onion and used seasoned butter corn and fresh chopped green beans. I had cream of potato soup on hand and added some half & half to thin it out. With the shredded cheese I added some taco seasoning and used cream cheese in the mashed potatoes! YUM!

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KERIS1172

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Mentor, Ohio, USA

Living In: Hambden Township, Ohio, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 2, 2008

My husband and I loved this recipe so much, we made it two days in a row...It gave us leftovers to take to work and it was delicious (and we had a LOT Of turkey left over). The second day, we added carrots and gravy because I didn't have beans or cream soup. Oh, and we tossed in stuffing, too, and used swiss instead of cheddar. This is definitely going on favorite meals rotation. Thank you!

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traypup

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Home Town: Mahwah, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 2, 2008

My family loved this casserole. I did make some changes--I found that I was out of onions and did not use them at all. I thinned the soup with some milk to make it spread more evenly. I decreased the amount of cheese, only sprinkled less than 1/2 cup shredded cheese on the top of the potatoes and it was wonderful.

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Denise

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Reviewed: Dec. 2, 2008

Great way to use up the leftovers from Thanksgiving. I didn't measure the ingredients. Shredded the turkey until the bottom of the dish was about covered. Then layered green bean casserole that was left over. A layer of shredded cheese then the layer of mashed potatoes (mixed in some shredded cheese in the potatoes)and sprinkled a little more cheese on the top.

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NancySohalski

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Toledo, Ohio, USA

Living In: Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2008

This was really good! Adjusted ingredients a bit... added 1 1/2 can sliced green beens, and a bit more turkey, which I just chopped finely as we dont have a food processor. Added TWO cans of soup.. one cream of chicken, and one cream of mushroom (we were out of milk, so used straight). Added a few cloves of finely minced garlic to the potatoes, as well as 2 small cans sliced mushrooms. Shredded all the cheese rather than cube part of it. Baked 35 min, then added a pack of those pop container bisquits to the top. Baked about 10 minutes more, was great!

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kuppcake

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Davis, California, USA

Living In: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2008

pretty good! i read other reviews; i put some dressing on the bottom and halved the potatoes to control the carbs; used less cheese. i couldn't taste any cheese so i'll increase it next time. used instant potatoes since the fresh were all gone. added the french fried onions on top, very nice touch. it was nice to have the sage and thyme flavors from the dressing. i heated up some gravy too. good one for the leftovers.

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Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2008

Good stick to your ribs, comfort food. I subbed Durkee fried onions on top of the potatoes for the raw onions and used only shredded cheese. Yummy!

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Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2008

Pretty good way to use the leftovers. As like others, I used my green bean casserole leftovers in lieu of beans and onions, but I also added a can of soup and a small can of musrooms, everything else as per this recipe. It was enjoyed by all. Will definately make again with whatever leftovers are around.

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2008

I did change it a little also. My family won't eat mushrooms,so I used cream of chicken soup.I also use mozzarella cheese since my daughter and I get migraines from cheddar cheese.I do the same for tettrazeini.

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Mareellen

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Belding, Michigan, USA

Living In: Orleans, Michigan, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2008

This recipe is great! My husband made it the day after thanksgiving with the leftovers. Nice and creamy and the onion gave it a nice crunch. I don't have canned veggies so used the beans we had left over as well. This is a keeper and will make it again! Thanks for a great recipe!

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JOEHONDA

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Home Town: Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2008

It was really, really good! I used about 1/2 the cheese called for (16 oz just sounded like a lot). I also did a "crust" layer w/stuffing, poured the extra gravy over it, and then used cream of chicken rather than cream of mushroom b/c we didn't have it on hand. It was quite tasty, my guests loved it, and it was a GREAT way to use up leftovers!! I'll definitely do it again.

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JENNPATEL

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Home Town: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Living In: Kansas City, Kansas, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2008

Wow!! This was really good. I followed some of the other suggestions, and put leftover stuffing on the bottom. I didn't use as much cheese, and I used the fried onions that we didn't use on the green bean casserole to go on top. I really liked this, and so did my husband

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meaganteal

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Bedford, Texas, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2008

For such a simple 'leftovers' casserole, we all enjoyed this! I didn't layer anything, just mixed the onions and green beans right in with the turkey and soup. Per other reviews, I did microwave the chopped onions for a minute to soften a bit. I used what was left in a package of shredded cheddar and sprinkled that on top, then topped that with some American cheese slices since that was all I had. Threw it all together in 5 minutes, headed out to the barn and came back an hour later to a scrumptious, bubbly comfort-food casserole. Oh, I used leftover mashed sweet potatoes, (no marshmallows, yuk!) that had a pecan, brown sugar topping and it was soooooo good!

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WYATTDOGSTER

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Home Town: Annandale, Virginia, USA

Living In: Warrenton, Virginia, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2008

This is exactly the kind of comforting casserole I was looking for! I will be using garlic flavored mushroom soup to "soup" up the blandness some and cheddar flavored mashed potatoes to make it even easier. Can't wait to serve it!

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Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2008

I made this recipe with only one change. I switched from the green beans to peas but made no other substitutions. For the life of me and my family we could not imagine how this rated an allover 4 1/2 stars. It was like eating an extremely bad version of shephard's pie. I don't know if was the mushroom soup (which did not provide much flavor) or the fact that turkey does not have a strong enough flavor to carry the dish but the ingredients just did not meld together. Sorry folks but this just isn't worth making.

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mary w

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Living In: Gilbert, Arizona, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2008

I think it would taste great but about 1/12 lbs of Cheddar Cheese, that's a very expensive meal here

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Reviewed: Aug. 6, 2008

I did this with chicken and Potato Buds. I thought it was good, but wonder if Velveta would have melted better in the potatoes. I would like to try the real left over version...with the homemade green beans instead of canned!

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Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2008

I'm a novice cook, but this turned out devine! This recipe rocks. We had some frozen turkey meat from a couple months ago and I used the "Traditional mashed potatoes" recipe from this site. I substituted broccoli and cauliflower for the green beans. Broccoli and cauliflower with a layer of grated cheddar cheese, come on...a trio made in heaven. Personally, I loved the cubed cheese mixed into the mashed potato. I also caramelized the onions for my two year old, but my husband loved this little change. Finally, I made gravy from a package and there you have it---a new family favourite.

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