Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes

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Recipes with Thanksgiving leftovers

Get creative with those holiday leftovers filling up the fridge. These recipes offer delicious alternatives to yet another turkey sandwich.

Cranberry Thumbprints: Instead of using jam, fill these bite-sized cookies with your extra Thanksgiving cranberry sauce.

Recipe: Cranberry Thumbprints

Photo by Annabelle Breakey; styling by Dan Becker

Queen's Puff

With a nod to the English breakfast classics bangers and mash and toad-in-the-hole, we’ve used leftover mashed potatoes to create a quick and delicious one-dish breakfast.

Recipe: Queen's Puff

Photo by Annabelle Breakey; styling by Dan Becker

Turkey Noodle Stir-fry

Forget turkey sandwiches—use leftover holiday turkey to make this Asian-inspired dinner.

Recipe: Turkey Noodle Stir-Fry

Leigh Beisch

Great recipes for Thanksgiving leftovers

Turkey Enchiladas with Sour Cream

Switch up the holiday flavors and try these tasty enchiladas. We like to serve them with a quick cabbage and lime slaw.

Recipe: Turkey Enchiladas with Sour Cream

Annabelle Breakey

Turkey Tostadas, Yucatecan style

Salbutes ― crisp little handheld tortillas topped with shredded turkey, avocado, pickled onions, and cabbage or lettuce ― are a popular street food in the Yucatán region of Mexico.

Mini tostadas are a great way to stretch your leftover turkey. Serve them as a starter before a big Mexican-inspired meal, or plan on everyone eating 3 to 4 as dinner.

Recipe: Yucatecan Tostadas

Annabelle Breakey

Turkey Sandwiches with Shallots, Cranberries, and Blue Cheese

We like to use fresh, thick ciabatta rolls for these sandwiches, but leftover dinner rolls would work just as well.

Recipe: Turkey Sandwiches with Shallots, Cranberries, and Blue Cheese

James Carrier

Hot Turkey Sandwich

This warm, open-faced sandwich makes good use of both turkey and leftover mashed potatoes.

Recipe: Hot Turkey Sandwich

James Carrier

Turkey Tetrazzini

We took classic tetrazzini and punched it up with fresh leeks, portabella mushrooms, and radicchio.

Recipe: Turkey Tetrazzini

James Carrier

Chili Turkey Wraps

These make a healthful, filling, and tasty lunch or light supper.

Recipe: Chili Turkey Wraps

Leo Gong

Cranberry Pork Tenderloin

Use your leftover cranberry sauce as a elegant finish to this pork dinner. We like it served with a fresh green salad with pears and pecans.

Recipe: Cranberry Pork Tenderloin

10 ways to love leftovers

Recipes with Thanksgiving leftovers

Queen's Puff

Turkey Noodle Stir-fry

Great recipes for Thanksgiving leftovers

Turkey Tostadas, Yucatecan style

Turkey Sandwiches with Shallots, Cranberries, and Blue Cheese

Hot Turkey Sandwich

Turkey Tetrazzini

Chili Turkey Wraps

Cranberry Pork Tenderloin