Leftover Wizardry/Use It Up/Avoiding Food Waste

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We are not big fans of turkey meat and usually have ham for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. Well this past holiday season, Ibotta had that great deal where buying a Butterball turkey breast was actually a money maker, so they basically paid us to take the turkey from the store. 
In the past we had a neighbor who was food insecure and enjoyed turkey, so I was happy to give them our turkeys each year. Mom used to get a free one every holiday season from work and we were happy to give them to someone who needed and enjoyed them. They've since moved away and now we have to do other things with the turkeys. 
Last week I took the turkey breast out of the freezer and cooked it, deboned it and after cooling, put it back into the freezer. I also had some homemade dressing in the freezer, so I decided to pair those up and make Friday night dinner out of them.
I knew I was going to have to doctor that turkey up well in order for us to eat it.. So I made sure to fry up an onion in a little bit of butter, which is first step in getting anything to taste good.  LOL

I also added salt and pepper, onion and garlic powder, herbes de provence, and rosemary. 
And for good measure I made gravy out of chicken broth and cornstarch and added that in there along with a tiny package of turkey gravy that came with the turkey breast. I accidently cut into the turkey gravy package when I was unwrapping the turkey and lost some of that gravy in the sink. 
Afterwards I thought the dish would be good over mashed potatoes and I had some left from Thursday night's dinner, but instead of heating them up I just added them to the turkey along with a spoonful of the dressing. 
I stirred it well, crossed my fingers and prayed. 
I'm happy to report that we both ate it and I was pleasantly surprised at how it turned out. The spices really helped to doctor it up.
Bailey even said it was good for turkey. LOL
That reminds me of a southern compliment a friend gave his wife once when he said,  "Well, I wouldn't feed that to the dogs!"  Of course her Mom was sitting there laughing because she knew he meant it was too good to feed to the dogs. 
I have to say it's very nice to use these items up and not let them go to waste, which I was concerned about. So the moral of this story is even if you think you might not like something, see what you can do with it. You may end up surprising yourself and end up saving yourself some money. 
Belinda ~ Living within our Means ~ My Linktree

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