By GRETCHEN McKAY, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Thanksgiving usually means leftover turkey. If you're tired of sandwiches, try this old-fashioned favorite, which is as easy as it is delicious. It can be served atop toast points, toasted English muffins or, my personal favorite, flaky buttermilk biscuits.

TURKEY A LA KING

6 tablespoons butter

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon salt

KIDRON, Ohio - To the scores of tourists who travel to the sprawling but somehow-still-charming hardware store that put this tiny farming community on the map a half-century ago, Jay Lehman is a local version of Bill Gates, an astute businessman who grew a tiny niche market into a global enterprise.

Feeling stressed by the start of another school year? This Cuban dish, sometimes called picadillo, is as simple as A-B-C in that it goes from stove to table in less than a half-hour. For a sweet side, serve with grilled or sauteed bananas drizzled with honey and brown sugar. Soccer practice had us on the run, so we used the meat to stuff soft-shell tacos.

CUBAN SKILLET TURKEY

School's back in session and with it the question that's got kids all across the country antsy with dread and anticipation: What's for lunch?

Most people buy and fix up old houses because they love old-style architecture or are nuts about history. The genesis of Tom and Connie Ochs' renovation of a three-story Victorian-turned-rundown-apartment building in a Pittsburgh suburb was a bit more self-serving.

They simply wanted to rid their pretty neighborhood of one of its biggest eyesores.

You don't have to be a crab fisherman, or even like crab, to appreciate this Victorian resort town on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

Even without the 40-foot sailboats, Maryland's state capital would be a stunner.

Olga Hulley would have been happy to live out her golden years in the 1886 Queen Anne-style house in Whitehall, Pa., that she and her husband, a general practitioner, shared for more than 50 years.

After William died in 2002, though, she couldn't bear to be alone in the "big house." The apartment she downsized to wasn't much better.

Rich Vargo is refreshingly honest in explaining why, back in 1995, he got his first boat.
"Like everything a guy does, it helps us get women," he says, laughing.

We made these tasty enchiladas with leftover chicken and fresh spinach, but the dish would work just as well with steak, shellfish or mixed vegetables. Pan-frying instead of baking halves the prep time. The recipe comes from "Robin Rescues Dinner," by Robin Miller (Clarkson Potter, 2009 paperback).

PAN-FRIED CHICKEN ENCHILADAS WITH SPINACH AND CHEESE