Turkey Pita Sandwiches with Trina’s Cranberry Salsa are a treat when you’re looking for something easy to make with leftover turkey! These tasty turkey pitas use My Favorite Low-Carb Pita Bread and Trina’s Cranberry Salsa

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Turkey Pita Sandwiches (with Trina's Cranberry Salsa) shown with two pita halves on plate.

Maybe you don’t have leftover turkey yet, and you might even be looking for Thanksgiving Recipes if you haven’t decided what you’re making for the big day. But in the funny world of food blogging, I cooked a turkey breast and a whole turkey last week so I’d have leftover turkey for recipe experiments.

That way I can get them posted before Thanksgiving for people to consider when they do have leftover turkey! And although I’ve made a lot of good things using leftover turkey, these Turkey Pita Sandwiches with Cranberry Salsa made with my friend Trina’s Cranberry Salsa is one of my absolute favorites.

I made my leftover turkey into a turkey salad mixture to go inside the low-carb pitas, but if you didn’t want to bother with that turkey + cranberry salsa + pita bread would also taste pretty fantastic! And if you don’t have any cranberry salsa, I think regular cranberry sauce from a can would still taste pretty good if you don’t mind a few more carbs.

What ingredients do you need for this recipe?

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What low-carb pita bread do I use for Turkey Pita Sandwiches?

I use Joseph’s Bakery whole wheat and flax pita bread for this recipe, which I’ve featured as My Favorite Low-Carb Pita Bread. This is something I always have in the fridge and I use it in so many ways!

I love Trina’s Cranberry Salsa for the Turkey Pita Sandwiches:

Trina's Low-Sugar Fresh Cranberry Salsa Recipe with Cilantro, Lime, and Jalapeno found on KalynsKitchen.com

The hardest part of making this might be making sure you have some of Trina’s Cranberry Salsa left over from Thanksgiving.  (This amazing salsa is is sweetened with Monkfruit Sweetener so it’s low in carbs for the small amount you eat in one serving!)

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How to make Turkey Pita Sandwiches with Trina’s Cranberry Salsa:

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  1. I always use Joseph’s Low-Carb Pita Bread (affiliate link) to make this, and they’re sometimes available in stores.
  2. You probably can’t read the fine print, but one whole pita has 9 carbs and 2 grams of fiber, for 7 net carbs!
  3. Cut up diced leftover turkey into pieces that aren’t too big.
  4. Mix mayo, celery seed, and a pinch of dried thyme and dried sage to make a herby mayonnaise for the turkey salad.
  5. Chop up a tiny bit of celery and thinly slice some green onion.
  6. Mix together the diced turkey, celery, green onion, and just enough of the mayo mixture to moisten it.
  7. You don’t need a huge amount of Trina’s Trina’s Cranberry Salsa, but I do hope you have some left for this. (You can also use plain cranberry sauce if you don’t have cranberry salsa.
  8. Spread about 2 tablespoons cranberry salsa of across the bottom of each pita half.
  9. Then fill the pita with the turkey salad mixture and enjoy! 
  10. I devoured the two pitas you see in this photo in nothing flat immediately after I finished taking the pictures!

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More Ideas for Leftover Turkey:

Leftover Turkey Pitas with Fresh Cranberry Salsa two pitas on serving plate
Yield: 2 servings

Turkey Pita Sandwiches with Cranberry Salsa

Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

These easy Turkey Pita Sandwiches use my friend Trina’s Cranberry Salsa, which really makes the pita sandwiches a treat!

Ingredients

Dressing Ingredients

  • 2 T + 1 tsp. mayo
  • 1/4 tsp. celery seed
  • pinch of dried thyme
  • pinch of dried sage

Turkey Salad Ingredients

  • 1 cup diced leftover turkey (diced fairly small)
  • 1/4 cup finely diced celery
  • 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
  • salt and fresh-ground black pepper to taste

Sandwich Ingredients

  • four Joseph's low-carb pita bread halves (or other pita bread of your choice
  • 1/2 cup Trina’s Cranberry Salsa

Instructions

  1. Stir together the mayo, celery seed, dried thyme, and dried sage and let the flavors blend while you chop the turkey, celery, and green onions.
  2. Then stir the turkey salad mixture together and season to taste with salt and fresh-ground black pepper.
  3. Spread about 2 tablespoons of Trina’s Cranberry Salsa on the bottom of each pita bread half.
  4. Stuff the pita with about 3 tablespoons of the turkey salad mixture and enjoy!

Notes

I would use my favorite low-carb pita bread for this recipe.

This recipe is difficult to calculate nutritional information because the nutrition calculator doesn't recognize that the pita bread is low in carbs and the Fresh Cranberry Salsa uses a zero-calorie sweetener. I tried to calculate it manually, but I can't guarantee how accurate it is!

Recipe created by Kalyn with inspiration from Trina’s Fresh Cranberry Salsa.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 147Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 37mgSodium: 379mgCarbohydrates: 15gFiber: 4gSugar: 1gProtein: 12g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

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Leftover Turkey Pitas with Fresh Cranberry Salsa two pitas on serving plate

Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
If they’re made with my favorite low-carb pita bread) Turkey Pita Sandwiches with Cranberry Salsa are a great after-Thanksgiving lunch that’s relatively low in carbs. This would work for for phase 2 or 3 of the original South Beach Diet if you use whole wheat pita, although South Beach would recommend light mayo.

Find More Recipes Like This One:
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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This recipe was posted in 2011, and I’ve made it so many times since then when I had turkey after Thanksgiving! The recipe was last updated with more information in 2023.

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