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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: 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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Reviewed: Feb. 8, 2008

This was a good use of leftovers and a nice comfort meal. I used a layer of stuffing as my base, then added the turkey and topped that with frozen green beans. Soup went on top, but I think that next time I would thin the soup with some milk to make it more spreadable. Used about half the amounts of cheese called for; felt a full pound of cheese would just be overpowering. Topped the mashed potatos with french fried onions as there is no way that raw onions are going to cook in the casserole in 30-40 minutes and would be too sharp/overpowering. The fried onions made for a nice crispy topping.

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Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2007

In my husband's words: "It's a keeper". The entire family loved it. What a great way to use up the leftovers from a turkey dinner. I followed a couple of suggestions and mixed some gravy in with the turkey. I also minced the onion so it would cook better. I used frozen beans, cooking them slightly before adding them to the casserole. I mixed about 1/4 cup milk with the cream of mushroom soup so it would spread easier. I added some garlic powder (about 1/2 tsp.) to the top of the beans. Finally, I used less cheese, mixing about 8 oz. total shredded cheese into the potatoes. I cooked it over about an hour and everything was done perfectly.

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LouAnnK

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Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2007

I loved this recipe. My whole family did to. I only changed one thing and that is I bought betty crocker flavored three cheese mashed potatos made both packs and toped the Casserole with that instead of bothering with the cheese wich makes it hard to mix. Thank you for such a great recipe!

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Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2007

This is a great family recipe and is quick and simple when you are in a hurry and still want a healthy meal for your family and when adding alot of the suggestions from the others, makes it a great and tasty meal for any family as well as healthy. Thanks It will definatly be a reg. in our home.

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Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2007

In my case, it was a layer of leftover turkey, topped by freshly sauteed onions, topped with leftover green bean casserole, then a layer of cream of mushroom soup (which I stirred with some leftover chicken soup stock and some of the mashed potatoes) before topping with the last of the leftover potatoes.

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Tammi

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Washington, D.C., USA

Living In: Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2007

This recipe is EXCELLENT !! I substituded green bean to frozen vegetable. This recipe is easy to make and taste is GOOD.All my family loved it and asked me to make it again.

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Aida Huft

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Home Town: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Living In: Northfield, Minnesota, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2007

I mixed a few Tbs of gravy in with the turkey before layering. This was a great way to use up leftovers, thanks for the recipe!

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jcstrong

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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2007

Was Great! Easy prep and thro in the oven.

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Lisa Bajek

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Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2007

We really liked this recipe. I was using leftover turkey which was REALLY dry, so I mixed it with about 1 cup of chicken broth and some sauteed shallots. I then put a layer of corn on top of the turkey mixed, followed by cheese and cream of chicken soup. I then used a layer of mashed potatoes, sprinkled with more cheese and a little butter and parm to make it crusty on top. Yum.

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EVERETTMOM

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Reviewed: Sep. 9, 2007

This is definitely a keeper! In the interest of cutting fat, I omitted the cubed cheddar cheese and mixed half of the shredded cheddar into the potatoes. I suggest chopping the onion fairly fine to insure that it is cooked in the 30-40 minutes. Anyway, I'll definitely make this again!

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Mary McCarthy

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Braintree, Massachusetts, USA

Living In: Lakeville, Massachusetts, USA

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Reviewed: Jan. 14, 2007

This really was just average for me. I added about 1/2 cup of onion and also used a drained can of green beans instead of corn. While it was nice to use up some of my leftovers, I found this frankly unexiciting. Sorry!

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KIKINE22

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Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2006

We really liked this. We used frozen peas instead of canned beans and didn't have enough cheese to add it to the potatoes. Because all our ingrediants were from the fridge, we had to cook it for 50-55 minutes. Doesn't seem like leftovers at all. The flavors were all new.

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Reviewed: Dec. 3, 2006

I followed Linda M's advice, using leftover green bean casserole, gravy and parmesan cheese. We thought it tasted like Thanksgiving dinner all over again!

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LIZCANCOOK

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Living In: Livonia, Michigan, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2006

Made this after Thanksgiving, and our guests loved this. I also used a can of mushrooms in it. One thing I would change; As everything else in it was already "cooked" basically, the onions had a very strong almost raw flavor, as it was only heated for 30 minutes. I would lightly saute' them before adding them in the next time. I will definitely make this again.

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CRESTMONT

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Reviewed: Jul. 21, 2006

Very yummy. My leftover turkey was dry from being overdone on the BBQ. This recipe moistened it up. It was very easy, and I even steamed fresh beans and spuds, then mashed the spuds. As I say, yummy and easy!!!

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Princetonbound

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Home Town: North Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Living In: Princeton, British Columbia, Canada

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Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2006

This was totally delicious. Even my usually finicky children practically inhaled it! I made it from scratch, but it will be a welcome change for Thanksgiving leftovers. YUM!

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Kristi D.

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Reviewed: Feb. 8, 2006

This was really good. We all ate seconds. The only changes I made was sprinkling some seasoned salt between 2 of the layers and I also added some fresh mushrooms that I had on hand. This will be fun to work with. Goodbye Turkey Tetrazzini!

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Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2006

I have had many compliments on this easy to make casserole.

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Reviewed: Dec. 28, 2005

I made this last night it was awesome. I substituted the mushroom soup with cream of chicken soup and left out the onion for the 2 year old but it was so cheesy and creamy. yummy

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