Paleo-Friendly Leftover Turkey and Apple Fall Salad

This leftover turkey and apple fall salad is the perfect paleo meal to make with leftover Thanksgiving turkey! Add apples, walnuts, cranberries, and this phenomenal dressing to transform your holiday leftovers!

How Do I Use Leftover Turkey in a Salad?

So, if you’re like our family… looking for a way to use that leftover turkey this year…. or if you just love turkey salads, here’s an amazing paleo-friendly and healthy fall recipe that will use up some of that leftover turkey!

This seasonal salad is the perfect, healthy option after indulging in a big holiday meal.

But the dressing recipe for this salad is the star of the dish! The pomegranate, mustard, and maple syrup dressing mix works perfectly over this fall salad. Yum!

Ingredients for the Paleo-friendly Leftover Turkey Salad

Turkey

Of course, you’ll need leftover turkey! Or you can always cook turkey breasts for this recipe!

Apples

Apples are fortunately easy to find this time of the year! And they add a perfect crunch to the salad! Use whatever apple you like best. For this recipe, we used gala apples.

(Looking for some other great fall recipes? Try these Paleo Apple Cookies or the full list of our Paleo Apple Recipes!)

Dried Cranberries

If you’re following a paleo diet, make sure you get paleo-compliant dried cranberries. You can find them at most any health food store.

Walnuts

Walnuts are a great addition to this fall salad!

Dressing Ingredients

Pomegranate juice, stone-ground mustard, and maple syrup mix together to make the most delicious dressing! It is definitely the star of the dish!

You can always pick a different type of mustard, but make sure it’s paleo compliant if you follow a paleo diet.

Print Recipe

Leftover Turkey Salad

This paleo-friendly leftover turkey and apple salad is a healthy option after indulging in Thanksgiving holiday food.

Servings: 1 person

Ingredients

• Bed of Arugala
• 2-3 oz Cooked Turkey, shredded
• 1 medium Apple, cored and diced
• ¼ cup Cranberries
• ¼ cup Walnuts, cut into pieces
• 1.5 tbsp Pomegranate Juice
• 1 tbsp Stone Ground Mustard
• 1 tbsp Maple Syrup

Instructions

• Arrange the lettuce, turkey, pieces of apple, cranberries, and walnuts on the salad.
• Mix the pomegranate juice, mustard, and maple syrup in a small dish. Drizzle the dressing over the salad as desired.

Notes

If you do not have stone-ground mustard, other mustards will do. Just make sure to always look out for added ingredients if you are following a paleo diet.

Looking for a healthy, paleo-compliant summer salad? Check out our Grapefruit Chicken Salad with Sweet Mint Dressing. The dressing makes this salad irresistible!

You are going to love this delicious leftover turkey fall salad. You may even find yourself craving it all year long!

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