5 Frugal Family Meals to Make with One Turkey
In my post How Our Family of 5 Eats Healthy for $100 a Week I touched a little on how we cut back on our meat consumption not only to benefit the environment and our health but to also cut back on our grocery bill. Well, I wanted to really break it down and show just how big of an impact less meat can make. It’s crazy how one turkey can easily tturn into multiple meals for your family. Here’s 5 meal prep ideas you can easily do for your family.
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Meal #1: Turkey and potatoes
Kick start your turkey time by umm…cooking the turkey! This yummy (and one pan) meal from Cafe Delites is absolutely perfect. If you throw in a few sides like asparagus and a nice dinner roll, you can easily feed the entire family for your first meal!
Meal #2: Wild Rice Turkey Burgers
After you’ve consumed meal #1, use approximately 1 pound of the leftover turkey to use toward these Betty Crocker wild rice turkey burgers! They are so simple, tasty and having rice in the burger leaves you will a more filling meal and more patties than just meat would make!
Meal #3: Turkey Wild Rice Soup
You can start getting down to the scraps (and can even make your own bone broth) with this leftover turkey wild rice soup from Spicy Southern Kitchen. Remember, you have 2 meals left to make still! Make sure you take the larger chunks of turkey to save for your last 2 meals and use the pieces leftover to make this tasty soup!
Meal #4: Turkey pot pie and sweet potato biscuits
I might actually be drooling over this one!! The best part is, you can continue using leftover veggies to help you make this meal from Whole Fully. I had sweet potato biscuits for breakfast while we were in Nashville and let me tell you, they didn’t disappoint. How to Save Money on Food in Nashville.
Meal #5: Turkey Taco Tuesdays!
You had best believe a site called The Tortilla Channel is going to have the best recipe for ground turkey tacos! In our family, I know holding out on tacos is something that rarely happens. In fact, we have weeks where we eat only tacos. Feel free to do the same!
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Nina Christy | 2nd Jan 18
Great recipes. I love it when you can make multiple meals. Saves time and money.
heartsoulwhole@gmail.com | 2nd Jan 18
Me too!!
erin | 2nd Jan 18
That soup looks delicious! Perfect for when the weather is as cold as it’s been here in South Florida.
heartsoulwhole@gmail.com | 2nd Jan 18
Oh, I’m kind of dreaming of South Florida weather! Haha
Laura @ The Mindful Mom Blographer | 2nd Jan 18
This is great! Do you think a rotisserie chicken or even a whole chicken would work too?
heartsoulwhole@gmail.com | 2nd Jan 18
Absolutely! Might not get as much out of it…but it’s possible!
Michelle | 2nd Jan 18
These all look so delicious! I’m pinning so I can come back to this later! This is perfect, as I’m looking for ways to save money and more recipes to use at home. Thanks for sharing!
heartsoulwhole@gmail.com | 3rd Jan 18
Michelle, I’m so glad you found it helpful!
Jenna | 3rd Jan 18
This is an awesome post! I always have so much turkey left over after the holidays and I always make turkey soup with the left overs, but there is much to much left overs all the time. I love the idea of your turkey burgers. I can’t wait to add them to my list of meal prep ideas! Pinned!!
heartsoulwhole@gmail.com | 3rd Jan 18
I know! Turkey can start to feel a little endless after a while! The burgers are great because they make so many–you can freeze them if needed.
Jen @Jenron Designs | 3rd Jan 18
The turkey burger ? and sweet potatoe turkey pot pies both sound great. I must try them both out.
heartsoulwhole@gmail.com | 3rd Jan 18
Hope you enjoy!!
Angela Maria | 3rd Jan 18
ahh I’m salivating! So down for the turkey burgers, the turkey soup and the turkey pot pie. we always have leftovers this time of year so it’s usually turkey salad and turkey wraps, and turkey sliders but I love all of your different ideas. I am sooo making that GF pot pie!
Amanda @CrunchyHippieLife | 3rd Jan 18
Girl, love the meal prep but get yourself an instant pot! Lots of that meal prep can be done so much faster!
heartsoulwhole@gmail.com | 3rd Jan 18
YES! Don’t I know it! Meal prep done in 1/8 the time!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine | 3rd Jan 18
Great ideas to stretch one ingredient!
heartsoulwhole@gmail.com | 3rd Jan 18
Thanks so much!
Amanda | 3rd Jan 18
Thanks for sharing. Will have to try them out.
Rachel Nevarez | 3rd Jan 18
Genius! All these recipes sound so delicious too.
heartsoulwhole@gmail.com | 3rd Jan 18
Thanks Rachel! They all turned out pretty great!
Gabby Young | 3rd Jan 18
My husband and I have started buying whole chickens and turkeys to save money, so this will DEFINITELY be a great post to reference for some meal ideas! Thanks for sharing!
heartsoulwhole@gmail.com | 3rd Jan 18
They really can stretch a long way!
Juanita Deloris | 3rd Jan 18
Great looking recipes! That soup is really calling my name 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
heartsoulwhole@gmail.com | 3rd Jan 18
Thanks so much Juanita! The soup was definitely my favorite with all the cold weather we’ve been having.
Hannah | 4th Jan 18
oh my goodness, the turkey burgers look amazing – have definitely just printed that recipe haha! Thank you. Turkey always seems to be used up in a boring way so these are welcomed ideas!
heartsoulwhole@gmail.com | 4th Jan 18
Great! I hope you enjoy them as much as we do! Thanks Hannah.