Folks, where did that year just go? Just like that, it’s Thanksgiving again. This year we are visiting family and going out for dinner, but we plan on having our own turkey dinner the week afterward. Meanwhile, I thought it would be a good time to plug my own blog here, and publish a link to last year’s instructions on cooking a turkey 101.

Here is that link:

And here is a link to what to do with your leftovers

You can also make the soup recipe I posted a few weeks ago using turkey instead of chicken

Then, of course, if you can’t button the button on your pants, you can make this healthy turkey sandwich.

I’ll have more ideas for leftovers next week, but for now I wanted to make sure you were covered with a refresher and some ideas for leftovers to start out.

I posted this on Grub for Guys a while back, and it’s a good choice if you’re watching your waistline and want a good manly sandwich. Check it out!

You’ve probably read about the health benefits of whole grains, lean meats and healthy monounsaturated fats like those found in nuts, olives and avocados. Since I’m not a doctor or a nutritionist, I can only go by what I read, and I have read enough to know that those foods are good sources of vitamins and healthy nutrients. So what we’ve done here is come up with a sandwich that incorporates all of those things and tastes great too. And it’s pretty simple, provided you don’t wash it down with more than a few beers.

Ingredients:
2 slices 100% whole wheat bread (try to avoid the kind with high fructose corn syrup)
4 oz. sliced lean turkey breast
2 slices center cut bacon
2-3 slices lettuce
Homemade guacamole (recipe below)

Guacamole:
1 small or ½ large avocado
2 Tbsp. salsa
1 tsp. lime juice
salt and pepper

Directions:
Cook bacon until crisp and set aside. To make guacamole, slice avocado in half and scoop out pulp, removing and discarding the pit as well. Place the pulp in a bowl, mash with a fork and add salsa, lime juice, and salt and pepper to taste. (you can add chopped onion if you like, but the flavor of raw onion is too strong for me). Spread guacamole on each slice of bread (it will be heaping, but that’s good). Layer turkey, bacon and lettuce on bread and close sandwich. Do not cut in half to retain your inner caveman. Serves 1, so double, triple or quadruple accordingly.