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Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes

Calibeach — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:46:26 GMT

We usually have Thanksgiving leftovers that I use to make a casserole on Saturday. How do you use your leftovers?

I make a version of this casserole recipe with mozzarella instead of cheddar cheese.

Thanksgiving Leftover Casserole

Prep Time : 5 minutes

Cook Time : 25 minutes

Total Time : 30 minutes

Servings: 6 servings

Ingredients

4 cups Stuffing, divided
4 cups Turkey, about 1 pound
¾ cup Mayonnaise, divided
¼ cup Cranberry sauce
2 cups Mashed potatoes, leftovers
1 ½ cups Cheddar cheese, shredded

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375℉ and spray 8-inch baking dish with no-stick cooking spray.
Place half of the stuffing in the dish and top with all of the turkey.
In a small bowl, combine ¼ cup mayo and cranberry sauce. Evenly spread over turkey.
In another bowl, combine remaining ½ cup of mayo, potatoes and cheese; evenly spread on top of cranberry sauce mixture.
Top with remaining stuffing.
Bake for 25 minutes or until heated through.

Notes

Different Cheese: Use what you like or what you have. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese or any good melty cheese can be added to the turkey mixture.
Mayo Replacement: Cream of Mushroom soup or cream of chicken soup are wonderful to use in this recipe.
Season: If you need a little more, add salt, pepper, garlic powder to the casserole.
Moisture: If it still seems a little dry add, melted butter or chicken stock or turkey stock or top with leftover gravy.
Pasta: Add a little cooked pasta and top with sour cream for a different use for these thanksgiving leftovers.

Re: Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes

Puppy Galore — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:49:21 GMT

I warm up turkey with cornbread dressing, make a sandwich with cranberry sauce on top. Sometimes it's without the bread.

Very simple.

Re: Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes

happilyretiredgirl — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:02:16 GMT

My favorite leftover is to make a sandwich, I like Texas

toast, heat the stuffing, add mayo, Turkey and top with cranberry sauce...Yum!!

Re: Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes

qualitygal — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:23:32 GMT

Top of stove, large can Campbell's vegetable soup, reg size of cream of chicken soup., cut up turkey all mixed together. Put that over hot dinner rolls. I have fallen in love with the Hawiian dinner rolls. What wonderful flavor!!!

Re: Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes

Etoile308 — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:26:21 GMT

My favorite use of leftovers is just to have the same dinner with possibly a change of vegetables.

Re: Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes

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Re: Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes

QVCkitty1 — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:12:09 GMT

I take leftover butternut squash and add chicken broth till Iget the right consistency for soup .You can add spices to your taste, I like cumin and maybe a touch of chili powder. Yum.

Re: Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes

Still Raining — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:48:05 GMT

Still like a turkey sandwich with gravy. I always make lots of gravy for these.

Re: Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes

RedTop — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 18:51:38 GMT

My family typically eats sliced turkey, dressing and gravy until it's gone. If I cook 2 large turkey breasts and have any leftover, I usually make turkey salad or a pot pie. I only cook the few things we like so there's never a huge amount of food here.

Re: Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes

PA Mom-mom — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:10:45 GMT

We usually eat the turkey and filling along with gravy for breakfast, lunch and dinner. However, I have developed a Turkey Shepherd's Pie to use up the leftovers. Sometimes we actually bake it in the fireplace.

Ingredients:

Leftover mashed potatoes

16 oz. bag of mixed veggies or leftover corn

1/4 cup diced onion or scallion or shallot

Leftover carrots and celery – diced (optional)

Leftover bread or oyster filling (who am I kidding - there will not be any leftover oyster filling.)

(Note: if you don't have any leftover filling, you can substitute all mashed potatoes)

1 cup leftover turkey gravy or a packet of gravy mix and turkey juice or chicken broth

1 - 8 oz. package of shredded cheddar cheese or some other easily melting cheese.

2 or more cups diced turkey

Directions:

Sauté the veggies and onion in a little butter with some salt. Put the turkey in the bottom of a 2 quart buttered baking dish (I like the round or oval kind so you don't have to deal with corners). Sprinkle some of the gravy over the turkey. Next put in half of the veggies and sprinkle some of the gravy again. Now put the filling (if you still have some) and sprinkle more gravy. Then add the remainder of the veggies and sprinkle the rest of the gravy. Top the casserole with the mashed potatoes and then the shredded cheddar cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes and until the cheese is bubbly and the dish is heated through.

Re: Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes

SoCal Bred — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:42:34 GMT

Can't wait to eat a leftover cold turkey sandwich with mayo, swiss cheese, avocado and sliced tomato, yum!

Re: Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes

wagirl — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 14:47:09 GMT

No recipes needed for my family--we like eating the typical t-day dinner until there is NOTHING left--but also eat turkey sammies too.Can't wait!!~

Was watching Amer test kitchen on Saturday---Bridget was doing a segment on removing the spine of the bird and cooking it flat---she mentioned that her fave beverage was gravy--made me laugh--I'd drink gravy from a coffee mug too --just a funny!!

Re: Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes

Calibeach — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:59:32 GMT

The combination of cranberry sauce and cream cheese sounds delicious! Doesn't this sandwich look good?

For this recipe that is a grilled sandwich, what kind of bread would you use?

I would also warm up the Turkey and dressing before assembling the sandwich

Grilled Turkey Cranberry Cream Cheese Sandwich

2 slices bread
turkey or chicken leftovers work great for this!
cranberry sauce
Stuffing (optional)
1 tbsp cream cheese (softened)
1 tbsp mayo
1 tsp butter

Instructions

Spread a light coat of mayo on each slice of bread (outside side for frying)
One one side, spread the softened cream cheese. On the other side pile on some stuffing (if you’re using it) and press it down.
Spread cranberry sauce on top of the cream cheese. I like a lot, but you can use less if you want. Press sliced turkey or chicken onto stuffing.
Assemble sandwich. Heat a frying pan over medium-low heat and melt 1/2 a teaspoon of butter in it. Place sandwich on the melted butter and butter the top half.
Cook slowly until the bottom is golden brown, then flip and cook the other side until it’s brown and the middle is warmed and deliciously melty.
Serve hot and enjoy