Curried Turkey Salad: Even when you don't want to.

Today, after cooking and prepping and being in the kitchen for umpteen hours for a week straight, I decided to laze about in bed. Children were still all snuggled in theirs, and I reasoned that it wouldn't hurt anyone if I took a bit of time off and lazed about in mine.  So I did.  For a good 45 nunytes.  I answered emails, texted, chatted, all prone.

Inevitably, I heard the thud of feet as they came out of bed and the patter as the feet came towards my bedroom.  The door swung open violently and Son announced, "Mom, I'm hungry.  Can I have some breakfast please?  I think pancakes will be good mom." and then it was over.  My morning to laze about was done and gone for.  But I got up because I had to.  And I went downstairs because I had to and I made pancakes and scrambled eggs for the family, even when I didn't want to.  And they ate well, laughed and chattered as I thought longingly of the bed I had left behind upstairs.

The morning has come and gone and my chance to lie down and laze about over.   But Children are happy and laughing and enjoying this luscious Saturday morning with no Korean school and just time to just be.  And I think, well - that's pretty darn nice.

Now I know that many of you have a lump of uneaten turkey in your fridge and you're thinking, how many more days of leftovers do I have to eat?  I narrow what I do to leftover turkey into two camps - soups and sandwiches.  My favorite, being this curried turkey salad which is just great on bread with a side of the Turkey Vegetable Soup, is slightly hard to make (can you chop some vegetables) but the end result is just yummy.  So even if you don't want to, grab your cutting board, your knife, your leftover turkey and make this.  Your family (and YOU) will be happy for it.

Curried Turkey Salad
Serves 6

Ingredients
3 cups of turkey, dark or white mixed, chopped into small chunks
¾ cup of celery, chopped fairly fine
½ cup chopped red onion, chopped fairly fine
½ cup of dried cranberries
¾ cup to 1 cup mayonnaise (depends on how creamy you like it)
2 tablespoons curry powder, more if you like it more curry-ish
3 tablespoons of chopped cilantro (optional)

Method
In a large mixing bowl, mix together all the ingredients. Serve on bread, on lettuce, or atop crackers. Store leftovers in a container and seal tightly and refrigerate.

Printable recipe

Great ending to a "something you don't want to do."