If you are like most of us, you have plenty of leftovers from your Thanksgiving feast. As an alternative to the Thanksgiving sandwich or microwave reheating, you can repurpose those leftovers into creative and tasty culinary masterpieces.
When it comes to the cranberries, you can whisk some into a vinaigrette dressing and while using others in cranberry muffins. If you are feeling more adventurous, try combining some into a sangria.
As for the potatoes, they serve as the perfect shell to croquettes stuffed with leftovers.
Soups are another savory solution. Turkey and wild rice make a nice accompaniment to any meal as does a soup made of a puree of potatoes and other vegetables like squash, turnip and carrots along with diced turkey and seasonings.
Your leftover turkey can make a casserole, Shepard’s Pie, turkey empanada or taquitos. while turkey and vegetables can be easily repurposed into an Indian Curry served over saffron rice.
California chef and author Terri Pischoff Wuerthner has her own twists on Thanksgiving leftovers: a Savory Bread Pudding, a sweet potato mold with Cranberry-Grand Marnier Drizzle and a creamy sweet potato soup with crispy leeks. For dessert, she has made a Cranberry-Ginger Snap Ice Cream Pie.
Other creative uses include a Thanksgiving stuffed onion and turkey or a sweet potato croquette with cranberry apple salsa.
Looking for a more traditional offering with a flair? Try turkey hash with eggs for breakfast or turkey chili made with white beans for lunch. If you still have a hankering for a sandwich, make it panini styled.
As you can see, the repurposing Thanksgiving leftovers is limited only by your time and creativity.
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