Leftover Turkey? We got a cheap recipe for that!

Got some left over turkey? Well here’s a cheap thrill recipe to polish off the last of it! Courtesy of my dear friend Suzanne.

Turkey Tetrazzini

2 cans cream of mushroom soup -$3.00
2 cups cheddar cheese (or colby or anything that you have on hand) $4.00
1 can mushrooms (or you can use fresh) $1.00
3 pieces of bacon $1.50
Celery $1.00
1 Onion $1.00
1 bell pepper $1.00
1 box vermiccelli pasta (or you can use angel hair or thin spaghetti) $1.00
Left over turkey FREE!

This may also be a good time to use up the leftover celery and onion from your stuffing. We always have a few stalks left and almost a whole onion.

So, as you can see this whole recipe is under $15.00 and it serves between 4-6 people. Also, if you don’t have any leftover turkey you can always grab one of those cooked roasted chickens that they have at Fry’s or Safeway. They are $5.00.

Now, the first thing you do is put on a pot of water to boil up the pasta. I add a pinch of salt to give it a little flavor.
Then the next thing you do is chop up the bacon and toss it in a hot pan. While that is cooking up chop the mushrooms, onion, celery an bell pepper. Once the bacon is done cooking you toss all of those veggies in the pan and stir it all around. Your kitchen should smell good and bacony at this point.

Once the onion is a starting to turn translucent you should pull the pan off the burner and check your pasta. It should be about done now. If you are feeling crazy pull out a string of pasta and throw it at the wall and see if it sticks. I think if it sticks that means it is done.

When the pasta is done, drain it  and toss it in the pan with all the veggies and bacon. Mix that all around and then add the turkey and cream of mushroom soup, stir that all around and then add the cheese. Once everything is thoroughly mixed together pour it in a 13 x 9  (or other size) casserole dish. Stick the whole thing in a 400 degree oven for about 15 minutes until it is all nice and hot and viola! You got yourself some yummy food and you used up your extra turkey and you saved some money!