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THE Turkey Salad recipe from defunct Heavenly Ham
Back in 1997, I worked for Heavenly Ham, the chief competition for Honey Baked Ham at the time. When I left the company, I had the recipes for their Tuna Salad, Pasta Salad, Ham Salad, Chicken Salad and Turkey Salad burned in my memory. The turkey salad was ALWAYS my favorite throughout the time I worked for the Heavenly Ham. Now that they are no longer in business and have been bought out by Honey Baked Ham, many of their products are no longer produced. It's a shame because the turkey salad is unbelievably good, though many people don't care for it's appearance or jump to the conclusion that it's ingredients sound disgusting. Don't let the mayo content scare you from making it, once in the mix it's calorie count would be no different than spreading a little on bread...and given the fact that Turkey is a low calorie and low fat food, it balances out.
16 oz package of Smoked Turkey Breast (lunch meat slices)1 9oz jar Major Grey Chutney (In the Ketchup aisle and tough to spot check out attached pics)1 1/2 Cups of Mayo (NOT Miracle Whip or Mayo Dressing)2 to 3 Scallion Stalks1/2 tbs Black PepperEmpty jar of Chutney and Scallions into food processor or Cuisinart and puree. Use spatula to pour mixture into mixing bowl. Don't worry about rinsing the processor between steps, it all gets mixed together anyway. Chop Turkey in food processor (almost like a ground texture) pour into mixing bowl. Add Mayo and Black Pepper mix and refrigerate until you are ready to serve.This is especially tasty on sandwiches made on Croissant with lettuce, Havarti Cheese slices and tomato. Also makes a great alternative protein in salads or served with Crackers.
I love turkey so much, thanks for sharing this recipe.
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Great post for this recipe. But I am wondering if there are other recipes about turkey you can offer?
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ReplyDeleteI seriously have been searching for this recipe for years!!! 😀🦃🥗🥪
YAAAAY!!!!
Could we get the heavenly ham pata salad recipe??
ReplyDeleteThe pasta salad was super easy but unfortunately the main ingredient doesn't seem to be available anymore. It was just Zesty Italian Dressing blended with a huge defrosted bag of frozen rotini pasta with the veggies already in it from Sam's Club. The closest you could do now is mix cooked and cooled rotini pasta with a defrosted bag of frozen California Blend veggies and finish it off by stirring in Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing and black pepper to taste.
DeleteThank you so much. I am just devastated heavenly Ham sold out. Honey Baked is good but Heavenly was so much better. I would drive an hour away to get my heavenly Ham with the turkey salad and ham salad. I don't like ham and not a turkey fan but theirs was delicious. Loved their special sauce too. So sad!
ReplyDeleteI loved the special sauce also. If you are looking to make it at home, the special sauce was actually just equal parts of mayo and a spicy honey mustard that we carried and sold in a jar with a label that read "That Mustard".
DeleteDo you happen to know the reform the tuna salad???
ReplyDeleteThank you for this! I made it! This recipe seems to use more chutney than what I remember, do you think it varied a bit by store location?
ReplyDeleteI was in a corporate store where a lot of franchise owners would come to train. We eyeballed the recipes a good bit, the size of the chutney jars vary from brand to brand. We would adjust accordingly usually.
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