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20+ Creative and Tasty Ways to Use Up Your Thanksgiving Leftovers: From Soups to Sandwiches
This text shows you how to use your Thanksgiving leftovers to make easy and delicious dishes, such as casseroles, soups, sandwiches, and breakfasts. You will find recipes that use turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, and more. These dishes will help you transform your leftovers into something amazing.
By Cookist
Thanksgiving is one of the most celebrated holidays in the United States, where people gather with their family and friends to share a traditional meal of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, and more. It's a time to express gratitude, enjoy good company, and savor delicious food.
However, it can also result in a lot of leftovers that can take up space in your fridge and get boring after a while. Instead of throwing away your leftovers or eating the same meal for days, why not use them to create new and exciting dishes that will make you look forward to eating them again? In this text, we will show you some ideas for Thanksgiving leftover recipes that are easy to make, tasty to eat, and fun to share. Whether you want to make a casserole, a soup, a sandwich, or a healthy breakfast, you will find a recipe that suits your taste and mood. For example, you can make a turkey and stuffing casserole, a creamy turkey and wild rice soup, a cranberry turkey sandwich, or a pumpkin french toast. You can even cook stuffing separately in a baking dish or a muffin tin, or use it to fill other foods such as squash, peppers, mushrooms, or meatballs.
From casseroles to sandwiches, from pancakes to mac and cheese, these recipes will help you transform your leftovers into something amazing. Let's get started!
1. Thanksgiving Sandwich: the delicious, smart way to enjoy Thanksgiving leftovers 
What's the best way to make the most out of your Thanksgiving leftovers? With a Thanksgiving leftovers sandwich! It's a mouthwatering, easy-to-make sandwich that you can customize to your tastes and what kind of leftovers you have in your fridge. The best part is there's no cooking involved!
Read the recipe 2. Turkey Carcass Soup: the delicious healthy no-waste recipe 
Make the most out of your turkey leftovers by making a delicious healthy batch of turkey carcass soup. This simple soup recipe is a clever way to make sure none of your roasted turkey goes to waste and it's packed with healthy veggies, hearty rice, and succulent turkey meat. It sounds so delicious!
Read the recipe 3. Turkey Enchiladas: the right recipe if you desire a strong a tasty meal 
Serve with rice and refried beans for a real Mexican feast!
Read the recipe 4. Cranberry Brie Bites: the easy, bite-sized recipe for a delicious holiday appetizer 
Cranberry Brie Bites is a great holiday bite-sized appetizer. The puff pastry is buttery, flaky, with the right balance of sweet, salty from the cranberry sauce and brie cheese.
Read the recipe 5. Pumpkin French Toast: the perfect breakfast recipe 
Make decadent Pumpkin French Toast by drenching fluffy, airy bread in a custard-like mixture of eggs, milk, pumpkin, vanilla, and pumpkin pie spice. Then sear each piece so it’s crispy on the outside and moist and cake-like on the inside. The result is a stack of sweet, fall-spiced French Toast.
Read the recipe 6. Cranberry Hand Pies: the buttery, flaky treat for all occasions 
Cranberry hand pies are a delicious sweet treat perfect for your holiday dinner. They have a crisp, flaky crust and a ruby red, sweet-tart filling everyone will love.
Read the recipe 7. Mashed Potato Patties: the effortless recipe for homemade potato cakes 
Mashed potato patties are a fast, easy-to-make clever way to use leftover mashed potatoes. With a crispy outside and fluffy, soft inside, potato cakes are savory and delicious.
Read the recipe 8. Pumpkin Risotto: the creamy main dish recipe perfect for fall season 
Pumpkin risotto is a creamy, delicate Italian main dish perfect to serve during fall season. It's made of rice, pumpkin, broth, white wine, butter and Parmesan cheese.
Read the recipe 9. Shepherd’s Pie: the mouthwatering recipe for a traditional comfort food 
Shepherd’s Pie is a tasty English main dish recipe. Very easy to make, it's traditionally made with ground lamb, mixed vegetables and a topping of creamy mashed potatoes.
Read the recipe 10. Fried Mashed Potato Balls: the bite-sized appetizer perfect for holidays 
Fried Mashed Potato Balls are an easy, bite-sized appetizer you can make with mashed potato leftovers. Great for the holidays, they're crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
Read the recipe 11. Sweet Potato Casserole: a creamy, delicious casserole to serve this autumn 
Sweet potato casserole is a classic Thanksgiving side dish recipe. With its creamy texture and crunchy, buttery pecan topping, you can also make it ahead of time.
Read the recipe 12. Fried Mac and Cheese Balls: the effortless recipe for a tasty party appetizer 
Fried mac and cheese balls are a tasty, bite-sized appetizer to enjoy during the holidays. They're cheesy and creamy on the inside, crispy on the outside texture.
Read the recipe 13. Pumpkin Lasagna: the ultimate recipe for a tasty and easy-to-make main dish 
Pumpkin lasagna is a tasty, vegetarian main dish perfect when pumpkins are in season. It's made of lasagna noodles, béchamel sauce, cheese, pumpkin and grated parmesan cheese.
Read the recipe 14. Fried Mashed Potato Sticks: the tasty appetizer recipe 
Who doesn’t love a crispy potato fry? These fried mashed potato fries are a delicious twist on the traditional French fries you’re used to. Mashed potatoes are fried to golden perfection, making them crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Serve them as a quick snack or appetizers. So, what are you waiting for?
Read the recipe 15. The Best Leftover Turkey Pot Pie 
A creamy gravy base filled with peas and carrots, leftover turkey, and seasonings meets a flaky, buttery, golden crust in this comforting and simple turkey pot pie. This turkey pot pie is a great way to relive the holidays. Use that succulent leftover turkey alongside frozen vegetables, store bought pie crusts, and basic pantry staples to build an easy and filling main dish.
Read the recipe 16. Sweet Potato Cupcakes: the simple recipe for tender, moist cupcakes 
Perfectly delectable, fluffy, and deliciously soft sweet potato cupcakes are a wonderful treat to make this autumn. Decorated with a thick marshmallow frosting, sweet potato cupcakes are great for any occasion whether you're hosting a birthday party, Thanksgiving dinner, a family get-together, or just because!
Read the recipe 17. Macaroni Cake: the easy and flavorful pasta recipe 
If you think that macaroni and cheese is too plain to serve to your guests, think again. This Macaroni Cake will impress everyone. It’s pretty straightforward and easy to make too, with minimal washing up. To make it, you need typical mac and cheese ingredients.
Read the recipe 18. Potato Bombs: the quick recipe for a delicious lunch in no-time 
Quick and easy potato bombs are an irresistible snack that's perfect for an evening with friends.
Read the recipe 19. Potato Rolls: the super soft, moist roll recipe made with mashed potatoes 
Potato rolls are a pull-apart holiday side dish to serve with any meal. They're made with mashed potatoes which give a softness, moisture and slightly sweet flavor to the rolls.
Read the recipe 20. Spinach Mushroom Breakfast Casserole: the tasty casserole recipe for your morning routine 
If you’re looking for a change from sweet, crunchy cereals, why not make a change to savory? This Spinach Mushroom Breakfast Casserole is an easy, vegetarian recipe that will satisfy even hungry meat eaters.
Read the recipe 21. Greek Sweet Potato and Feta Tart 
Greek Sweet Potato and Feta Tart is a tasty and absolutely perfect vegetarian preparation for the autumnal season. The preparation is really simple; you have to boil the sweet potatoes, rich in starch and with a sugary taste, reduce them to a puree and then mix them with eggs, breadcrumbs and feta cheese.
Read the recipe 22. Sweet potato burritos 
Many a times we all are stick in the same tandem of eating either a sandwich or a salad for the lunch meal… very boring, isn’t it? Well, we have the perfect solution to break the monotony of your packed lunch problems.
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